7.96 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

7.96.1 PERFORM Parameters

7.96.2 PERFORM Examples

                                                     Required       

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