What is an in line PERFORM? When would you use it? Anything else to say about

What is an in line PERFORM? When would you use it? Anything
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What is an in line PERFORM? When would you use it? Anything else to say about it?..

Answer / ravikumar

Inline perform executes set of statments without going to
any paragraph written seperately.Depending on
scenario.....for example,when you are using the internal
table of small size..

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Answer / hemanth reddy

Inline perform is used for that paragrapg only

Ex:Move 0 to sum-of-digits.
Move 1 to counter.
perform until counter > N
Add counter to sum-of-digits
Add 1 to counter
End-perform.

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Answer / sreenath

perform until <cond>
<stmt>
<stmt>
end perform.
-the stmts which are between perform & end perform will be
executed till the specified cond is satisfied.
-there should be no periods between perform & end perform.

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What is an in line PERFORM? When would you use it? Anything else to say about it?..

Answer / mallappa

Inline perform executes set of statments at once .

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