[COBOL] PERFORM statement <4>

▶ PERFORM with TIMES phrase

The procedures referred to in the TIMES phrase PERFORM statement are executed the number of times specified by the value in identifier-1 or integer-1. Control then passes to the next executable statement following the PERFORM statement.

If procedure-name-1 is specified, imperative-statement-1 and the END-PERFORM phrase must not be specified.


identifier-1

    Must name an integer item. identifier-1 cannot be a windowed date field.

    If identifier-1 is zero or a negative number at the time the PERFORM
    statement is initiated, control passes to the statement following
    the PERFORM statement.

    After the PERFORM statement has been initiated, any change to identifier-1
    has no effect in varying the number of times the procedures are initiated.

integer-1

    Can be a positive signed integer.