Course Outline

 

Topic	Class Notes
Review - Computing in Cobol The Basic Arithmetic Verbs. Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide. Options Available With Arithmetic Verbs. Rounded, On Size Error, Not on Size Error. The Compute Statement. Use of Signed Numbers in Arithmetic Operations	Download
Review - Decision Making Using The IF and EVALUATE Statements Selection Using a Simple IF Statement. Selection Using Other Options of the IF statement. Nested Conditional, Compound Conditional, OR, AND, Sign and Clauses Test, Negating Conditionals. The Cobol 85 EVALUATE Statement: Using thee CASE structure as an Alternative to Selection.	Download
Review - Iteration : Beyond the Basic PERFORM The Simple Perform, The Nested Perform, and Executing a Group of Paragraphs with a Simple Perform. The Use and the Misuse of the GO Statement The Exit Statement. Iteration Using Other Types of Performs such as Perform .. Until, Perform .. Varying. Using Nested Perform .. Varying Statements.. A Review of Scope Terminators.	Download
Control Break Processing Types of Reports ( Detailed, Exception, Summary ) Single-Level Control Break ( Break Report, Printing a Final Total, Starting New Page After Each Control Break .. etc. )	Download
Data Validation Techniques Avoiding Logic Errors By Validating Input ( Validation Techniques ) What To DO If Input Errors Occur ( Stop the Run, Print an Error Record, Continue Process or By Pass the Erroneous Records .. etc )	Download
Single-Level Arrays and Tables Single-Level OCCURS Clauses. Processing Data Stored in an Array. Using an OCCURS Clause For Table Handling. The Use Of SEARCH Statement For Table And Array Processing The SEARCH .. VARYING and The SEARCH ALL Statements	Download