COBOL - Arithmetic Expressions

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Arithmetic Expressions may consist of any of the following:

• An identifier described as a numeric elementary item.
  
  
• A numeric literal.
  
  
• Identifiers and literals separated by arithmetic operators.
  
  
• Two arithmetic expressions separated by an arithmetic operator.
  
  
• An arithmetic expression enclosed in parentheses.

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Arithmetic Operators:

Following are the arithmetic operators:

• BINARY: + - * / **

• UNARY: + -

• Precedence

• Unary

• Exponentiation

• Multiplication and Division

• Addition and Subtraction

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Arithmetic Statements

Arithmetic statements are of five kinds:

1. ADD

2. SUBTRACT

3. MULTIPLY

4. DIVIDE

5. COMPUTE

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