Every statement in COBOL is started with a reserved word called a verb. The following sections cover the verbs available in ACUCOBOL-GT.
ACCEPT Statement
ADD Statement
ALTER Statement
CALL Statement
CANCEL Statement
CHAIN Statement
CLOSE Statement
COMMIT Statement
COMPUTE Statement
CONTINUE StatementCREATE Statment
DELETE Statement
DESTROY Statement
DISPLAY Statement
DIVIDE Statement
EVALUATE Statement
EXIT Statement
GOBACK Statement
GO TO Statement
IF Statement
INITIALIZE Statement
INQUIRE Statement
INSPECT Statement
LOCK Statement
MERGE Statement
MODIFY Statement
MOVE Statement
MULTIPLY Statement
OPEN Statement
PERFORM Statement
READ Statement
RECEIVE Statement
RELEASE Statement
RETURN Statement
REWRITE Statement
ROLLBACK Statement
SEARCH Statement
SEND Statement
SET Statement
SORT Statement
START Statement
STOP Statement
STRING Statement
SUBTRACT Statement
UNLOCK Statement
UNSTRING Statement
USE Statement
WAIT Statement
WRITE Statement