Below sample COBOL program explains the IF ELSE END-IF statement. You can avoid using END-IF by using dot (‘.’) as scope terminator. But it is not a good practice. better, always code a END-IF statement as scope terminator.
‘THEN’ is optional. If you want, THEN you can use it.
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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. KARTEST4.
* IF statement in cobol
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 MY-NUMBER PIC 9(2) VALUE 2.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
* simple IF statement
IF MY-NUMBER = 2
DISPLAY 'TWO'
END-IF
* IF ELSE statement
IF MY-NUMBER IS EQUAL TO 2 THEN
DISPLAY 'TWO'
ELSE
DISPLAY 'NOT TWO'
END-IF
* nested IF ELSE statement
IF MY-NUMBER = 1
DISPLAY 'ONE'
ELSE
IF MY-NUMBER = 2
DISPLAY 'TWO'
ELSE
DISPLAY 'NEITHER ONE NOR TWO'
END-IF
END-IF
GOBACK.
Output of this program will be
TWO TWO TWO
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