Cobol program which accept inputs and display output on the screen with example

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The program accepts a simple student record from the user and displays the individual fields. Also shows how the ACCEPT may be used to get and DISPLAY the system time and date.



      $ SET SOURCEFORMAT"FREE"
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID.  AcceptAndDisplay.
AUTHOR.  Michael Coughlan.
* Uses the ACCEPT and DISPLAY verbs to accept a student record 
* from the user and display some of the fields.  Also shows how
* the ACCEPT may be used to get the system date and time.

* The YYYYMMDD in "ACCEPT  CurrentDate FROM DATE YYYYMMDD." 
* is a format command that ensures that the date contains a 
* 4 digit year.  If not used, the year supplied by the system will
* only contain two digits which may cause a problem in the year 2000.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 StudentDetails.
   02  StudentId       PIC 9(7).
   02  StudentName.
       03 Surname      PIC X(8).
       03 Initials     PIC XX.
   02  CourseCode      PIC X(4).
   02  Gender          PIC X.

* YYMMDD
01 CurrentDate.
   02  CurrentYear     PIC 9(4).
   02  CurrentMonth    PIC 99.
   02  CurrentDay      PIC 99.

* YYDDD
01 DayOfYear.
   02  FILLER          PIC 9(4).
   02  YearDay         PIC 9(3).


* HHMMSSss   s = S/100
01 CurrentTime.
   02  CurrentHour     PIC 99.
   02  CurrentMinute   PIC 99.
   02  FILLER          PIC 9(4).


PROCEDURE DIVISION.
Begin.
    DISPLAY "Enter student details using template below".
    DISPLAY "Enter - ID,Surname,Initials,CourseCode,Gender"
    DISPLAY "SSSSSSSNNNNNNNNIICCCCG".
    ACCEPT  StudentDetails.
    ACCEPT  CurrentDate FROM DATE YYYYMMDD.
    ACCEPT  DayOfYear FROM DAY YYYYDDD.
    ACCEPT  CurrentTime FROM TIME.
    DISPLAY "Name is ", Initials SPACE Surname.
    DISPLAY "Date is " CurrentDay SPACE CurrentMonth SPACE CurrentYear.
    DISPLAY "Today is day " YearDay " of the year".
    DISPLAY "The time is " CurrentHour ":" CurrentMinute.
    STOP RUN.