COBOL DISPLAY

COBOL DISPLAY statement is used to show the output

Most used format/syntax:1​

DISPLAY “I AN AM EXAMPLE OF MOST USED SIMPLE COBOL DISPLAY: “

OUTPUT:
I AN AM EXAMPLE OF MOST USED SIMPLE COBOL DISPLAY:

Most used format/syntax:2​

DISPLAY “I AN AM EXAMPLE OF MOST USED COBOL DISPLAY WITH VALUE:  ” WS-DISPLAY.

If the value of WS-DISPLAY is 100, then

OUTPUT:
I AN AM EXAMPLE OF MOST USED SIMPLE COBOL DISPLAY WITH VALUE:  100

Most used format/syntax:3

DISPLAY  WS-DISPLAY.

If the value of WS-DISPLAY is 100, then

OUTPUT:
100

Let us take an example of a DISPLAY statement.

TutorialBrain-Simple Display Statement
TutorialBrain: Simple Display Statement

Output

TutorialBrain-Output of Simple Display Statement
TutorialBrain: Output of Display Statement

Less used format/syntax:4​​

DISPLAY “I AN AM EXAMPLE OF LESS USED DISPLAY WITH NO ADVANCING: ” WITH NO ADVANCING

OUTPUT:
I AN AM EXAMPLE OF LESS USED DISPLAY WITH NO ADVANCING: ====> Cursor is Placed after ‘:’

Note:

If ‘WITH NO ADVANCING’ option is defined, the current position of the cursor will be placed after the last character of the display statement.

If ‘WITH NO ADVANCING’ option is not defined, the current cursor position will be in the next line of the display statement.

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