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COBOL, PROCEDURE_DIVISION, DIVIDE, 5format BY with REMAINDER
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  The DIVIDE statement divides one or more numeric data items by another.
  It stores the quotient and remainder.

  Format 5 -

   DIVIDE srcnum BY srcnum GIVING rsult [ ROUNDED ] REMAINDER remaind

      [ 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 or an elementary
  numeric edited item.  It is the resultant identifier.

  3 - remaind 

  is the identifier of an elementary numeric item or an elementary
  numeric edited item.

  4 - stment 

  is an imperative statement.
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