Course Description
4 to 5 hours
Application programmers who maintain and develop commercial and scientific PL/1 programs
Knowledge of programming concepts and experience with mainframe system architecture
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify the basics of a PL/1 program
• Define data definitions
• Recognize the operations and expressions
• Identify arrays and data structures
Overview of Character Sets
PL/1 Program Structure and Syntax
Statements and Groups
Conventions Used to Write a PL/1 Program
Numeric Data Element Identification and Definition
Numeric Representation Including Floating and Fixed Point Variables
Precision
Character and Bit String Identification and Definition
String Data Representation
Repetition Factoring
Picture Specification
Assigning Values to Variables
Arithmetic and String Operator Symbols
Expression Order Evaluation
Data Type Conversion Concepts
Array Definition and Initialization
Referencing Individual Elements
Array Terminology and Subscripts
Operations on Arrays
