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CHECKDIV (↑ Choosing Run-time Behavior)
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  Directive:    CHECKDIV
 
  Function:     Controls the behavior of your program if it tries to
                divide by zero in a statement that has no ON SIZE ERROR
                phrase.
 
  Syntax:
 
     ►►─┬───┬─┬───────CHECKDIV─"dialect"───┬────►◄
        └─/─┘ └┬────┬─CHECKDIV─────────────┘
               └─NO─┘
 
  Parameters:   dialect              Must be ANSI, OSVS, VSC2, or
                                     COBOL370.
 
  Default:      CHECKDIV "ANSI"
 
  Phase:        Syntax check
 
  $SET:         Initial
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