6.1.7.5 "COBOL Language Reference" IBM Library Server

6.1.7.5 Implicit Scope Terminators

At the end of any sentence, an IMPLICIT SCOPE TERMINATOR is a separator period that terminates the scope of all previous statements not yet terminated.

An unterminated conditional statement cannot be contained by another statement. However, a scope terminator will be assumed just prior to the next phrase of the containing statement.

Note: Except for nesting conditional statements within IF statements, nested statements must be imperative statements, and must follow the rules for imperative statements. You should not nest conditional statements.

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6.1.7.5 Implicit Scope Terminators

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