6.2.15 "COBOL Language Reference" IBM Library Server

X 6.2.15 EXIT METHOD Statement

X The EXIT METHOD statement specifies the end of an invoked method.


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 X | >>__EXIT METHOD.____________________________________________________>< |
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X You can specify EXIT METHOD only in the Procedure Division of a method.
X EXIT METHOD causes the executing method to terminate, and control returns
X to the invoking statement. If the containing method specifies the
X Procedure Division RETURNING phrase, the value in the data item referred
X to by the RETURNING phrase becomes the result of the method invocation.

X If you need method-specific data to be in the last-used state on each
X invocation, declare it in method Working-Storage. If you need
X method-specific data to be in the initial state on each invocation,
X declare it in method Local-Storage.

X If control reaches an EXIT METHOD statement in a method definition,
X control returns to the point in the invoking program or method immediately
X following the INVOKE statement. The state of the invoking program or
X method is identical to that which existed at the time it executed the
X INVOKE statement.

X The contents of data items and the contents of data files shared between
X the invoking program or method and the invoked method could have changed.
X The state of the invoked method is not altered except that the end of the
X ranges of all PERFORM statement executed by the method are considered to
X have been reached.

X The EXIT METHOD statement does not have to be the last statement in a
X sequence of imperative statements, but the statements following the EXIT
X METHOD will not be executed.

X When there is no next executable statement in an invoked method, an
X implicit EXIT METHOD statement is executed.

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X 6.2.15 EXIT METHOD Statement

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