Describe the COBOL coding sheet
Answer Posted / g.naveen
1-6 sequence numbers.
7 (*) for comment (-) for continue (D) for debugging.
8-11 called as Area-A in this Area we can write
Divisions,Paragraphs,sections,Level numbers.
12-72 called as Area-B in this area we can write cobol
executable statements like select,accept,display.
73-80 is ignored area by compiler but we can see in source
Listing.
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