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COBOL, PROCEDURE_DIVISION, DIVIDE, 3format BY GIVING
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The DIVIDE statement divides one or more numeric data items by another.
It stores the quotient.
Format 3 -
DIVIDE srcnum BY srcnum GIVING { rsult [ ROUNDED ] } ...
[ ON SIZE ERROR stment ] [ NOT ON SIZE ERROR stment ]
[ END-DIVIDE ]
is a numeric literal or the identifier of an elementary numeric item.
is the identifier of an elementary numeric item or an elementary
numeric edited item. It is the resultant identifier.
is an imperative statement.