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Size of Programs, Divisions and Sections

The following table shows the maximum size of program divisions and sections.

Object Maximum Size
Total No limit
Data Division 2GB-1 (Native COBOL), 4GB (Managed COBOL)
Local-Storage Section Platform specific
Procedure Division 16MB per segment
Number of sections, paragraphs and labels in Procedure Division 65535 (64KB)
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