The COBOL EXIT
statement is a terminating flow control verb.
EXIT
comes is a few flavours:
EXIT
is a common end point for a series of procedures.EXIT PARAGRAPH
, EXIT SECTION
provides a means of exiting a structured procedure without executing any of the subsequent statements.EXIT FUNCTION
, EXIT METHOD
, EXIT PROGRAM
marks the logical end of a module of code.EXIT PERFORM
breaks out of a inline perform loop.EXIT PERFORM CYCLE
causes an inline perform loop to begin the next iteration.