Verhoef Training, Inc.

P.O.Box 1515, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
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Enterprise COBOL




SUMMARY:   This course provides each student with an acquired working knowledge of the basic tools of COBOL.

AUDIENCE:   Application programmers with minimal experience in COBOL who wish formal training in the basic language and programming techniques.

DURATION:   4 Days

APPROACH:   This course is taught using workshops that are conducted in a hands-on environment. The student will code, execute and debug a series of programs serving as an excellent example for future programming in COBOL.

OBJECTIVES:   Each student will be offered a solid foundation in the fundamentals of COBOL coding, including Program Structure, Design, Execution and Debugging. The concepts of structured programming are stressed with examples and explanation.

COURSE CONTENT:  
  1. INTRODUCTION TO COBOL CONCEPTS
    • What is COBOL Programming
    • How Does it Fit in the Environment
    • Basic Terms and Language Structure
    • Programming Fundamentals
  2. COBOL: THE GROUND RULES
    • LanguagXeas and Predefined Columns
    • Identification Division
    • Environment Division
    • Data Division
    • Procedure Division
    • COBOL Organization
    • JCL Rules
  3. CREATING THE FIRST WORKING PROGRAM
    • Compiling the First COBOL Program
    • Simple Input/Output
    • Defining Records
    • Moving Data
    • Debugging
  4. PARAGRAPHS AND STRUCTURED PROGRAMS
    • Organizing Subroutines
    • The PERFORM Statement
    • The PERFORM UNTIL Statement
    • Repetitive Processing
    • Paragraphs vs. Sections
    • COBOL 85 Concepts
  5. DEFINING AND MOVING DATA
    • Working-Storage Concepts
    • Level Numbers
    • Groups and Elementary Items
    • USAGE Clause
    • PICTURE Clause
    • Alphanumeric Data
    • Numeric Data
    • The MOVE Statement
  6. SEQUENTIAL FILE OPERATIONS
    • The INPUT-OUTPUT Section
    • The FILE Section
    • The OPEN and CLOSE Statements
    • The READ Statement
    • The WRITE Statement
    • Programming Sequential Files
  7. COBOL ARITHMETIC
    • Overview of Concepts
    • COMPUTATIONAL Usage
    • Arithmetic Operations
    • The COMPUTE Statement
    • SIZE Errors and ROUNDING
  8. EDITING NUMERIC DATA
    • Edited Data Format
    • Implied Decimal Points
    • Zero Suppression
    • Floating Dollar Signs
  9. COBOL LOGIC
    • The IF Statement
    • The ELSE Option
    • Nested IF's
    • The NOT Operator
    • Compound IF's
    • COBOL 85 Concepts
  10. TABLE PROCESSING
    • Array Concepts
    • Defining Tables
    • The OCCURS Clause
    • The PERFORM VARYING Statement
    • Table Searching
    • Index Concepts
    • The SEARCH Statement
  11. SUMMARY
    • COBOL Future
    • Structured Programming in COBOL
    • COBOL 85 and the Future

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