COBOL Programming - Advanced

Duration

2 to 3 hours

Overview

Audience

Personnel requiring training in the programming of COBOL to build and maintain applications programs, particularly in the IBM z/OS Enterprise 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 more complex programs in COBOL

Course Content

COBOL Arrays

Single Level Arrays and Elements
Multilevel Arrays and Elements

Indexing and Referencing COBOL Arrays

Array Indexes
Search and Manipulate Arrays

File Sorting

The COBOL Approach to Sorting
Sort Structures
SORT, INPUT, and OUTPUT Procedures

Subprogramming

Define Subprograms
Inter-program Communication

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