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COBOL, PROCEDURE_DIVISION, DIVIDE, 1format INTO

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  The DIVIDE statement divides one or more numeric data items by another.
  It stores the quotient.

  Format 1 -

   DIVIDE srcnum INTO { rsult [ ROUNDED ] } ...

      [ ON SIZE ERROR stment ] [ NOT ON SIZE ERROR stment ]

      [ END-DIVIDE ]

  1 - srcnum

  is a numeric literal or the identifier of an elementary numeric item.

  2 - rsult

  is the identifier of an elementary numeric item.  It is the resultant
  identifier.

  3 - stment

  is an imperative statement.
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