Introduction to COBOL
COBOL Coding sheet
Coding rules, COBOL program structure
How to write a COBOL program
Compilation process: Compile, Linked Edit, Run JCL
IGYRCRCTL,IEWL,STEPLIB
Discussed about DIVISIONS: IDENTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENT, DATA and PROCEDURE DIVISION
Working-Storage section
Level Numbers
01 - 49
66 renames
77 Elementary items
88 Condition names
VALUE and VALUE ALL clause
Discussed about COBOL verbs
Abends
Variables declaration
Move VERB and OF Clause
Editing picture clauses
Arithmetic verbs(ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLE, DIVIDE and COMPUTE)
Relational operators
Logical operators
Conditional statements (IF and Evaluate)
Sign and class conditions
String, Unstring and Inspect
Perform: Inline and Outline Perform
Simple perform
Perform with N times
Perform with Until condition
Perform with Varying
Perform with THRU
Differences between Next sentence and Continue verbs
Differences between STOP RUN, EXIT PROGRAM and GOBACK
File Handling in COBOL:
How to read the data from Sequential file and display them in SPOOL
How to read the data from sequential file and writing them into Entry Sequenced Dataset
How to read the data from sequential file and writing them into multiple files based on different conditions
Handling KSDS: Sequential Read, Random and Dynamic Reads,Write,Rewrite/Update, Delete
How to view the COMP data
Alternate index
Arrays or table handling or Occurs
Sub programs or sub routines
Static call
Dynamic call
Call by reference
Call by Call content/Value