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What is EXHIBIT?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:21 pm
by Gator
Hi,

What is EXHIBIT? Can anyone tell me what does the EXHIBIT commend do in the COBOL? Is it applicable to all releases of Cobol?

Re: What is EXHIBIT?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:27 pm
by nicc
Enter the following in the Google search box

Code: Select all

cobol exhibit verb
. The first hit I got would answer your question for IBM.

Re: What is EXHIBIT?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:44 pm
by William Collins
EXHIBIT was in IBM's ANS and OS/VS COBOL compilers (perhaps earlier ones as well). It disappeared when COBOL II arrived (along with EXAMINE and TRANSFORM). I think they were all IBM Language Extensions.

If you come across them in code, the programs have likely not been changed for a long time. Following Nic's suggestion will tell you how to replace the code if necessary.

Re: What is EXHIBIT?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:23 pm
by Gator
Thanks William.

Thanks nicc but I did that and came here to discuss with similar minds. I think we can find everything on internet of this sort but we don't get like minded people who can understand and talk with us starters to make us understand.