COBOL Programming - Basics

Duration

4 to 6 hours

Overview

Audience

Personnel requiring training in the programming of COBOL to build and maintain applications programs, particularly in the IBM Z/OS Entrerprise environment.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of programming, databases, files, and transactional systems.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify how to write basic COBOL programs

Course Content

Introduction To COBOL

The History of COBOL
The Four Program Divisions
Basic Syntax

Program Structure

Traditional COBOL Program Structure
Paragraphs and Sections

Program Control

Program Control Verbs
Conditions and Conditional Execution

Instructions and Procedures

Move Instruction
Data Editing

Arithmetic

Arithmetic Instructions ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, and DIVIDE
Compute and More Complex Formulae

Screen, Time and Date Input

Screen Dialog, DISPLAY, and ACCEPT
Time and Date Input Using ACCEPT

Cobol Programming - Basics Mastery Test