8 17 PERFORM

8.17 PERFORM

The PERFORM command enables the calling of a component method, library function or intrinsic feature where the routine being called does not require any parameters or the parameters are supplied as a parameter list enclosed in parentheses.

The specification of the PERFORM command is as follows:

PERFORM  EXPRESSION(expression) 

The most important aspect of this command is that the command and all keywords are optional.

Also See

8.17.1 PERFORM Parameters

8.17.2 PERFORM Examples

                                                       Required       

       PERFORM --- Expression---- Expression ------------->