cobol IF statement IF with shortform conditionals
Example
IF A = 1 OR 2 THEN
perform miracles
END-IF
IF A = 1 OR 2 AND B = 1 THEN
perform rites-of-passage
ELSE
perform song-and-dance
END-IF
IF statements can be terminated with full stop or explicit scope terminator END-IF. Use of periods for scope termination is no longer recommended. Full stops mean just that in the case of nested IF, all nesting is terminated at the first full stop ., and any subsequent code will be outside the IF block.
