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Postby kandellisuresh » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:51 am

what is use of entry,start statements in cobol, explain with example
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Re: cobol

Postby Robert Sample » Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:23 am

ENTRY allows you to specify multiple places the program can start. This violates good programming practice but is allowed. Unless you are supporting programs using ENTRY already, you are better off not learning about it.
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