Accept, Display, Stop Run

ACCEPT

ACCEPT can transfer data from input device or system information contain in the reserved data items like DATE, TIME, DAY.

ACCEPT WS-VAR1 (FROM DATE/TIME/DAY/OTHER SYSTEM VARS).

If FROM Clause is not coded, then the data is read from terminal. At the time of execution, batch program will ABEND if there is no in-stream data from JCL and there is no FROM clause in the ACCEPT clause.

DATE option returns six digit current date in YYYYMMDD

DAY returns 5 digit current date in YYDDD

TIME returns 8 digit RUN TIME in HHMMSSTT

DAY-OF-WEEK returns single digit whose value can be 1-7 (Monday-Sunday respectively)

DISPLAY

It is used to display data. By default display messages are routed to SYSOUT.

Syntax:         DISPLAY identifier1| literal1 (UPON mnemonic name)

STOP RUN, EXIT PROGRAM & GO BACK

STOP RUN is the last executable statement of the main program. It returns control back to OS.

EXIT PROGRAM is the last executable statement of sub-program. It returns control back to main program.

GOBACK can be coded in main program as well as sub-program as the last statement. It just gives the control back from where it received the control