PL/1 Program Design Techniques

Duration

4 to 5 hours

Overview

Audience

Application programmers who maintain and develop commercial and scientific PL/1 programs.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of programming concepts and experience with mainframe system architecture.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Define and understand program flow control
• Define and understand iteration and looping
• Identify the storage attributes
• Understand and utilize built-in functions

Course Content

Program Flow Control

Procedure Blocks, Begin Blocks and Do Groups
Programming Constructs
Branching and Conditional Processing
Internal, External and Function Procedures
Passing Data between Procedures

Iteration and Looping

Constructs of Loops
WHILE and UNTIL Loop Control
REPEAT Control
Nested Loops

Storage Attributes and Scope

Storage Allocation Concepts
Variables and Storage
PL/1 Storage Classes
Pointer Variables and their Functions
Scope of Variable Definitions
Overlaying and Storage Redefinition
Storage Allocation Attributes

Built-In Functions

Built-In Function Declaration
Common String Handling Built-In Functions
Arithmetic Built-In Functions to Perform Calculations
Array Handling Built-In Functions
Using Built-In Functions as Pseudo-Variables
Nesting Built-In Functions

PL/1 Program Design Techniques Mastery Test