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  Verb:         DIVIDE
 
  Function:     Divides one numeric data item into another and stores
                the quotient and remainder.
 
  Syntax:       Which format?   Simple      INTO GIVING
                               BY GIVING  INTO REMAINDER
                               BY REMAINDER
 
                                        ┌──────────────────────┐
                                        ▼                      │
     ──DIVIDE──┬─identifier-1─┬──INTO identifier-2─┬─────────┬────
                 └─literal-1────┘                    └─ROUNDED─┘
 
     ─┬────────────────────────────────────────┬────────
       └─┬──┬─SIZE ERROR imperative-statement-1─┘
         └ON┘
 
     ─┬────────────────────────────────────────────┬────
       └─NOT─┬──┬─SIZE ERROR imperative-statement-2─┘
             └ON┘
 
     ─┬────────────┬──
       └─END-DIVIDE─┘
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