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Fork, Commit, Merge - Easy Issue (COBOL)

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Fork, Commit, Merge - Easy Issue (COBOL)

Create a Simple "Hello, COBOL!" Program

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Navigate to the tasks/cobol/easy directory from the root of your project.

Then open a file called HelloCOBOL.cbl.

Description

Create a simple COBOL program that prints "Hello, COBOL!" to the console when executed.

How to Run:

To test the program you have to first make sure you are in the right directory:

cd tasks/cobol/easy/

Then you have to compile the program:

cobc -x HelloCOBOL.cbl

After compiling you can run the program with the command:

./HelloCOBOL

If the program works as requested in the task, you are ready to make a pull request!


To work with this issue, you need to have COBOL installed to your local machine.
Check out README.md for more instructions of installing COBOL and how to make a pull request.

Feel free to ask any questions here if you have some problems!

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