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6.2.27.3 PERFORM with TIMES Phrase
The procedure(s) referred to in the TIMES phrase PERFORM statement are executed the number of times specified by the value in identifier-1 or integer-1. Control then passes to the next executable statement following the PERFORM statement. 



    ___ Format 2 _________________________________________________________________ 
   |                                                                              |
   | >>__PERFORM________________________________________________________________> |
   |                                                                              |
   | >__ _procedure-name-1__ ______________ __ _identifier-1_ __TIMES_____ ____>< |
   |    |                   |_| phrase 1 |_|  |_integer-1____|            |       |
   |    |                                                 (1)             |       |
   |    |_ _identifier-1_ __TIMES__imperative-statement-1_____END-PERFORM_|       |
   |      |_integer-1____|                                                        |
   |                                                                              |
   | phrase 1:                                                                    |
   | |__ _THROUGH_ __procedure-name-2___________________________________________| |
   |    |_THRU____|                                                               |
   |                                                                              |
   | Note:                                                                        |
 X | (1)  Imperative-statement-1 is optional as an IBM extension.                 |
   |                                                                              |
   |______________________________________________________________________________|
Note: If procedure-name-1 is specified, imperative-statement and the END-PERFORM phrase must not be specified.
identifier-1

X Must name an integer item. Identifier-1 cannot be a windowed date
X field.
If identifier-1 is zero or a negative number at the time the PERFORM statement is initiated, control passes to the statement following the PERFORM statement.
After the PERFORM statement has been initiated, any change to identifier-1 has no effect in varying the number of times the procedures are initiated.
integer-1

X Can be a positive signed integer.

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