Microsoft KB Archive/32429

COBOL 3.0 ACCEPTs Information from Left to Right

PSS ID Number: Q32429 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

3.00 MS-DOS

Summary: A major difference between MS COBOL Version 3.0 and MS COBOL Version 2.2 is the behavior of numeric ACCEPTs. Version 2.2 ACCEPTs information from right to left and Version 3.0 ACCEPTs information from left to right. At present, Version 3.0 does not support emulation of this Version 2.2 feature.

Additional reference words: 3.00 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.