Unisys Mainframe Training : Basic COBOL Programming

Basic COBOL Programming

Unisys Mainframe Training Overview

This course provides basic COBOL topics for those who want to learn the fundamentals of COBOL programming. This course emphasizes all topics with a hands-on workshop for the students

Unisys Mainframe Training Prerequisites

ECL and a standard Unisys editor (such as IPF)

Unisys Mainframe Training Audience

Beginning COBOL programmers

Unisys Mainframe Training Course duration

5 Days

Unisys Mainframe Training Course Objectives

After this course a student should be able to

Use the basic divisions of COBOL
Identify and use the basic data PICs of X and 9
Manipulate the PIC 9 to Utilize additonal formatting
Create the PROCEDURE DIVISION
Utilize the READ and WRITE commands
PERFORM paragraphs
Utilize basic arithmetic commands
Create and utilize 88 level data

Unisys Mainframe Training Course outline

Introduction to COBOL:ACOB

Common Business Oriented Language
UCOB Rules for Statements
The UCOB Complier Call

The IDENTIFICATION DIVISION

The ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
The CONFIGURATION SECTION
The INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION
The FILE-CONTROL Paragraph

The DATA DIVISION

The basic PICTURE clause and levels
The FILE SECTION
Defining Peripherals as files
Using Disk files
The WORKING-STORAGE SECTION
The Value clause

The PROCEDURE DIVISION

Modular approach
Basic UCOB/ACOB verbs
PERFORM
Conditional Expressions
OPEN-CLOSE
READ-WRITE
MOVE
STOP

More PICTURE Clauses

Numeric PICTURE
The PIC 9
The S symbol
The V symbol
Editing PICTURE
The Z symbol
The $ symbol
The Decimal Point
The Comma

More on the PROCEDURE DIVISION

ADD-SUBTRACT
COMPUTE
ON SIZE ERROR
DISPLAY
ACCEPT
IF
Conditional expressions
Level 88