VMS Help  —  COBOL  PROCEDURE_DIVISION, PERFORM  2format_repeat-count
  The PERFORM statement executes one or more procedures.  It returns
  control to the end of the PERFORM statement when procedure execution
  ends.

  Format 2 -

   PERFORM [first-proc [ { THRU    } end-proc ]] repeat-count TIMES
           [           [ { THROUGH }          ]]

    [ stment  END-PERFORM ]
Additional Information: explode extract

first-proc
end-proc
stment
repeat-count
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