COBOL DIVIDE verb

• DIVIDE verb is used to divide one numeric value by another numeric value and store the calculated value
• Basic syntax:-
  Format 1:-
  DIVIDE  {identifier-1/literal-1} INTO identifier-2 [, identifier-3]…
  Format 2:-
  DIVIDE {identifier-1/literal-1} INTO {identifier-2/literal-2} [, {identifier-3/literal-3}]… GIVING identifier-4 [, identifier-5]…  [REMAINDER identifier-6.]
  Format 3:-
  DIVIDE {identifier-1/literal-1} BY {identifier-2/literal-2} GIVING identifier-3 [, identifier-4]…  [REMAINDER identifier-5.]

• Below table will help you understand few possible operations using DIVIDE

• When GIVING option is used, then only we can use numeric-literal in place of identifier-2, identifier-3
• Last named operand must never be literal as the resultant value is always stored there.