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WA1878 COBOL Training and Courseware
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The course starts with an overview of structured programming concepts. The four divisions of a COBOL program and their functions are reviewed in detail. Students will gain hands on experience through a series of class discussions and workshop exercises that include several modifications to a skeletal COBOL program. File processing, program looping, conditional program statements, and table processing are covered in detail. Development of clear and understandable program designs is stressed along with building maintainable programs. Program debugging techniques are also discussed. |
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| Topics |
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- COBOL Program Components
- Input / Output Operations - SELECT / ASSIGN, FD / Record definition, OPEN/CLOSE, READ/WRITE
- Program Control Statements – PERFORMs, GOBACK, If, Evaluate, -END), CALL
- Program Code - Data Storage Types, Character and Numeric Moves, Edit Picture Characters, Special Features - Reference Modification, Figurative Constants, Special Registers, INITIALIZE, SET, STRING, COPY, E. Arithmetic statements – Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Compute
- Table Processing - Table definitions, SEARCH / SEARCH ALL, Subscripting vs. indexing
- Additional Topics - Intrinsic Functions, File Status, Calls to LE
- More Topics - Internal SORT, Debugging Abends
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| What you will learn |
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After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- design and develop structured programs
- define variables and build program code
- define / discuss the internal descriptions of data in a COBOL program
- READ and WRITE files
- use IF, EVALUATE, PERFORM statements
- use arithmetic statements
- use explicit scope (END-) terminators
- load / process COBOL tables via indexes / subscripts
- analyze the File-Status field
- analyze a program abend
- debug a COBOL program’s logic via displays and walk-thrus
- code COBOL Intrinsic Functions
- code COBOL calls to the Language Environment (LE)
- code COBOL Internal SORT
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| Audience |
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The course is for entry level students who must understand, design, code, test, and debug COBOL programs.
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| Prerequisites |
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Six months experience with TSO/ISPF is required. No previous COBOL experience is needed. |
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| Duration |
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Five Days. |
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Course Outline
Day 1
- Course Introduction
- Introduction to Structured Techniques
- COBOL Program Components
- Input / Output Operations - SELECT / ASSIGN, FD / Record definition, OPEN/CLOSE, READ/WRITE
- Program Control Statements – PERFORMs, GOBACK, If, Evaluate, -END), CALL
- Hands-on Workshops
Days 2 – Hands-on Workshops
- Program Code - Data Storage Types, Character and Numeric Moves, Edit Picture Characters, Special Features - Reference Modification, Figurative Constants, Special Registers, INITIALIZE, SET, STRING, COPY, E. Arithmetic statements – Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Compute
Days 3 - Hands-on Workshops
- Table Processing - Table definitions, SEARCH / SEARCH ALL, Subscripting vs. indexing
Days 4 - Hands-on Workshops
- Additional Topics - Intrinsic Functions, File Status, Calls to LE
Days 5 - Hands-on Workshops
- More Topics - Internal SORT, Debugging Abends
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We regularly offer classes in these and other cities. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Calgary, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston,
Jacksonville, Miami, Montreal, New York City, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC.
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