Students who complete this course will be able to write or maintain COBOL programs that do not require advanced capabilities of the language. The emphasis here is learning the basics of the language, along with developing program design skills using pseudocode.
Audience
Topics
Fundamentals
Describing Data
Processing Data
/O Processing Options
More on Data Items
PERFORM Statements
Program Design
Conditional Statements
Describing Numeric Data
Data Alignment
Arithmetic Instructions
EVALUATE
Basic String Manipulation
Introduction to Intrinsic Functions
Working with Print Files
Control Breaks
Match Merge Logic
Miscellaneous Topics
A background in using text editor, experience submitting jobs and examining the output, as well as introduction to data processing concepts are required for this course. Students should have a basic familiarity with TSO/ISPF (or equivalent) for editing programs and submitting jobs. Knowledge of another programming language is helpful but not required.
