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Structured COBOL Workshop for Enterprise COBOL Virtual Classroom Live August 12, 2024

Price: $3,395

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.

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Description

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

  • This course is designed for application programmers and systems analysts who are or will be using the COBOL 85 standard from COBOL for MVS thru Enterprise COBOL.

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

Course Overview

I. Fundamentals

  • A. Hardware and Software
  • B. Instructions and Programs
  • C. Compiling and Binding
  • D. COBOL Basics
    • • Computer Exercise: Starting a COBOL Program

II. Describing Data

  • A. Concepts
  • B. Records and Files
  • C. Fields
  • D. Structures
  • E. Introduction to PICTURE
  • F. Working-Storage
  • G. Tips in Defining Data
    • • Computer Exercise: Defining Working-Storage

III. Processing Data

  • A. File Handling
  • B. Record Building
  • C. Loop Control
  • D. The PROCEDURE Division
  • E. Qualification of names
  • F. OPEN, READ, WRITE, CLOSE
  • G. Control Flow: GO TO, EXIT PROGRAM, STOP RUN, GOBACK
  • H. Data Manipulation
  • I. MOVE and MOVE CORRESPONDING
  • J. Program Building Strategy
    • Computer Exercise: A Complete COBOL Program

IV. I/O Processing Options

  • A. Buffers
  • B. Move Mode and Locate Mode
  • Processing
  • C. End of File Processing
  • D. Data Element Naming
    • • Computer Exercise: Variations on a Theme

V. More on Data Items

  • A. Figurative Constants
  • B. Data Editing
    • Computer Exercise: Editing

VI. PERFORM Statements

  • A. Un-structured Programming
  • B. Alternatives to "GO TO"
  • C. Perform Procedure
  • D. Perform ... Thru
  • E. Perform Until
    • • Computer Exercise: Using Perform

VII. Program Design

  • A. Program Execution Principles
  • B. Program Design Paradigms and Techniques
  • C. Pseudocode
    • • Computer Exercise: Using Pseudocode

VIII.Conditional Statements

  • A. More PERFORM statements
  • B. Conditions and Conditional Expressions
  • C. IF / [THEN] / ELSE
  • D. Scope Terminators
  • E. CONTINUE
  • F. In-Line PERFORM
  • G. SET ... TO TRUE
    • • Computer Exercise: Conditional Statements

IX. Describing Numeric Data

  • A. USAGE Clause
  • B. Display data
  • C. Packed decimal data
  • D. Binary integer data
    • • Computer Exercise: Creating Numeric Fields

X. Data Alignment

  • A. Slack Bytes and Sync
  • B. Numeric Data Transmission Considerations
    • • Computer Exercise: Ensuring Proper Alignment 

XI. Arithmetic Instructions

  • A. ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
  • B. Rounding
  • C. Arithmetic expressions
  • D. COMPUTE
  • E. Planning calculation results
  • F. SIZE ERROR Condition
    • • Computer Exercise: Using Arithmetic Verbs

XII. EVALUATE

  • A. Syntax
  • B. EVALUATE and conditions
  • C. EVALUATE with ANY and ALSO
  • D. EVALUATE and truth tables
  • E. Points and Tips
    • • Computer Exercise: Using EVALUATE

XIII.Basic String Manipulation

  • A. INITIALIZE, ACCEPT / DISPLAY
  • B. Conceptual Data Items (DATE [YYYYMMDD], DAY [YYYYDDD],
  • C. DAY-OF-WEEK, TIME)
  • D. Reference Modification
  • E. Hex Notation
    • • Computer Exercise: DATE, TIME, and DISPLAY

XIV. Introduction to Intrinsic Functions

  • A. Concepts and Syntax
  • B. Lists of Intrinsic Functions
  • C. Date and Time Related Functions
  • D. String Related Functions
  • E. Arithmetic, Business, and
  • Mathematical Functions
    • • Computer Exercise: Using Functions

XV. Working With Print Files

  • A. Carriage Control
  • B. Report Dates
  • C. Report Components
  • D. Line Counting
  • E. Page Break Logic
  • F. Report Break Logic

 

Prerequisites

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.

Other Available Dates for this Course

Virtual Classroom Live
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