• EJECT statement specifies that the next source statement after it should be printed as the first statement of the next page while printing.
• It is a compiler-directive statement and does not affect the compilation and execution of the program.
• It can be written in either Area-A or Area-B.

Syntax -

EJECT[.]

Rules -

• It should be coded as the only statement on the entire line.
• It can be written in Area-A or Area-B and terminated with a separator period.

Examples -

Scenario - Coding EJECT statement in COBOL program.

Copybook - MATEPK.COBOL.COPYLIB(EMPREC)

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+
           05 EMP-NUM             PIC 9(05).  
           05 EMP-NAME            PIC X(10).  
           05 EMP-DESG            PIC X(15).  
           05 EMP-SALARY          PIC 9(10). 

Code -

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+
       01 EMP-REC.
          COPY EMPREC.
		  EJECT.
		  
	   01 WS-VAR.
	      05 WS-INPUT1            PIC X(10).

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