Programming Fundamentals/Variables/COBOL

variables.cbl

*> This program converts a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius.
*>
*> References:
*>     https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
*>     https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cobol/index.htm
*>     https://open-cobol.sourceforge.io/doc/gnucobol.html

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. VARIABLES.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 FAHRENHEIT    PIC 999V99.
01 CELSIUS       PIC ZZ9.99.

PROCEDURE DIVISION.

DISPLAY "Enter Fahrenheit temperature:".
ACCEPT FAHRENHEIT.

COMPUTE CELSIUS = (FAHRENHEIT - 32) * 5 / 9.

DISPLAY FAHRENHEIT "° Fahrenheit is " CELSIUS "° Celsius".

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