This course runs for a duration of 5 Days.
The class will run daily from 10:00 am EST to 5:00 PM EST.
Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.
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
I. Fundamentals
II. Describing Data
III. Processing Data
IV. I/O Processing Options
V. More on Data Items
VI. PERFORM Statements
VII. Program Design
VIII.Conditional Statements
IX. Describing Numeric Data
X. Data Alignment
XI. Arithmetic Instructions
XII. EVALUATE
XIII.Basic String Manipulation
XIV. Introduction to Intrinsic Functions
XV. Working With Print Files
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.