VMS Help  —  COBOL  PROCEDURE_DIVISION, SUBTRACT  2format GIVING
  The SUBTRACT statement subtracts one, or the sum of two or more,
  numeric items from one or more items.  It stores the result in one or
  more items.

  Format 2 -

   SUBTRACT { num } ... FROM num GIVING { rsult [ ROUNDED ] } ...

      [ ON SIZE ERROR stment ] [ NOT ON SIZE ERROR stment ]

      [ END-SUBTRACT ]

1  –  num

  is a numeric literal or the identifier of an elementary numeric item.

2  –  rsult

  is the identifier of an elementary numeric item or an elementary
  numeric edited item.  It is the resultant identifier.

3  –  stment

  is an imperative statement.
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