Here’s logic how to use PERFORM UNTIL. We use PERFORM statement for handling loops in COBOL. Here, this example shows PERFORM with UNTIL.
PERFORM Varying Until Syntax
PERFORM paragraph-name
VARYING a-variable-value
FROM start-value BY increment-value
UNTIL some-condition-is-met
PERFORM Varying UNTIL Example
PERFORM PARA-A
VARYING TEST-1
FROM 1 BY 1
UNTIL TEST-1 > 1000
OR FILE-SWITCH = 'EOF'
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COBOL: How to use PERFORM-TEST-AFTER Logic
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