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Home » Technology » Big Data & Data Science » COBOL Programming

Course Skill Level:

Foundational

Course Duration:

5 day/s

  • Course Delivery Format:

    Live, instructor-led.

  • Course Category:

    Big Data & Data Science

  • Course Code:

    COBPROL21J09

Who should attend & recommended skills:

Application programmers & systems analysts with basic ISPF/PDF and TSO/E for z/OS experience

Who should attend & recommended skills

  • This course is designed for application programmers and systems analysts who are or will be using COBOL 85 standard from COBOL for MVS thru Enterprise COBOL
  • ISPF/PDF: Basic (1-2 years’ experience)
  • TSO/E for z/OS: Basic (1-2 years’ experience)

About this course

This COBOL course will cover I/O processing, conditional testing, arithmetic operations, table handling, subprogram concepts and linkage conventions.

Skills acquired & topics covered

  • COBOL Divisions
  • I/O Operations
  • MOVE Statement
  • Logic Flow Control
  • COBOL Compiler
  • Data Validation
  • Numeric Editing
  • Arithmetic Commands
  • COBOL Reporting
  • Table Handling
  • Data Representation
  • COBOL Subprograms

Course breakdown / modules

  • Language advantages
  • Coding requirements
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Identification division
  • Environment division
  • Data division
  • Copy statement
  • Procedure division
  • COBOL statements
  • Lab
  • Review

  • OPEN statement
  • READ command
  • WRITE statement
  • DISPLAY statement
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Statement overview
  • Moving different data types
  • Lab
  • Review

  • PERFORM statement
  • GOBACK statement
  • Lab/Review

  • Reserved words
  • Compiler output improvement
  • Run time options
  • Lab
  • Review

  • IF conditional statement
  • Conditional types
  • Nested conditionals
  • EVALUATE statement
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Editing concepts
  • Numeric sign handling
  • Floating dollar signs
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Add statements
  • SUBTRACT statement
  • MULTIPLY statement
  • DIVIDE statement
  • COMPUTE
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Report overview
  • Report components
  • File considerations
  • ACCEPT command
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Table definition
  • COBOL table structure
  • Table accessing
  • SET statement
  • SEARCH statement
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Defining COBOL data types
  • Internal representations
  • Lab
  • Review

  • Basic concepts
  • Subprogram types
  • CALL statement
  • Subprogram entry
  • Linkage section
  • Nested subprogramming
  • Lab and

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