COBOL·Practice drills 1

Drill 5: Find the core line — Small report

Point to the line that does the main work and explain why.

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Point to the line that does the main work and explain why.

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Point to the line that does the main work and explain why.

report.cobCOBOL

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. REPORT1.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-LESSON.
   05 WS-NAME PIC X(10) VALUE "CSS".
   05 WS-MINUTES PIC 9(2) VALUE 18.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
    DISPLAY WS-NAME " " WS-MINUTES " min".
    STOP RUN.

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