what is the minimum number of lines a Cobol program should
have to successfully compile and run
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Answer / nimsatprasad
First 2 lines are enough to minimum successfully compile
the cobol program
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. COVANSYS.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY 'COVANSYS'.
STOP RUN.
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Answer / jraj
Its 4
Identification Division, program ID,Procedure division and
Stop Run
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Answer / pratap
Hi All,
Only first two lines are enough for successful compilation
for a program.
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Answer / khamuruddin mohammed
Indentification Division
program-id
That's it..pgm will compile with the above 2 lines
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Answer / patrick jones
There's a little bit of 'theoretical' problem here. As a
program is 'a set of instructions to do a particular job',
the 'two line program' is not actually a program eventhough
it will be compiled successfully.
So I would go with Ans# 1.
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Answer / vijay
technically it is mentioned a flow chart to compile the
cobol programming so i prefers that 4 lines.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. VIJAY.
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY ' ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR BRIGHTEST FEATURES'
STOP RUN.
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