Hi there this will be my first time to write a simple program in COBOL or Common Business Oriented Language to find the sum of the two numbers. In this sample program I am using OPENCOBOLIDE as my cobol compiler. The code is very simple and easy to understand.
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Sample Program Output
Program Listing
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* Author: MR. JAKE R. POMPERADA
* Date: AUGUST 12, 2016
* Purpose: FIND THE SUM OF TWO NUMBERS
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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. ADDITION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
77 NUM_1 PIC 9(4).
77 NUM_2 PIC 9(4).
77 SOLVE_SUM PIC 9(4).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
PARA.
DISPLAY "SUM OF TWO NUMBERS IN COBOL".
DISPLAY "".
DISPLAY "ENTER THE FIRST VALUE : ".
ACCEPT NUM_1.
DISPLAY "ENTER THE SECOND VALUE : ".
ACCEPT NUM_2.
COMPUTE SOLVE_SUM = NUM_1 + NUM_2.
DISPLAY "THE TOTAL SUM IS ".
DISPLAY SOLVE_SUM.
STOP RUN.
