What is the improvement to COND= in the latest version of MVS?

Answer Posted / krithiga hari

COND statement can be replaced with IF END IF statement.
In COND, if the condition is true then the step will be
bypassed.
In IF END IF, if the condition is true then the step will
get executed.

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