Question :How will work GOBACK statement & STOP RUN & EXIT-PROGRAM in COBOL ?
Answers :
goback
- When specified in main program, will act like stop run. i.e give control back too O.S
- When specified in sub-program, will give control back to main program
Exit-program
- When specified in main program, will throw abend4038 (compilation) error, since it wont give the control back to the O.S
- When specified in sub-program, will give control back to main program
stop run
- Will stop the current program and give control back to O.S (even in sub-program)
Answer2:
GOBACK gives the controll to main program if we have called the subprogram from the main program.
STOP RUN: This statement halts the execution of the object program and returns control to the system.
EXIT-PROGRAM: This statement specifies the end of a called program and returns control to the calling program.
