Structured COBOL Programming

Structured COBOL Programming, 1/e

Robert T. Grauer, University of Miami

Published March, 1997 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Summary

Accessible to those with little or no previous exposure to either COBOL or data processing, this volume offers complete coverage of the COBOL programming language and enables readers to begin programming in Ch. 1.

Features

focuses on structured programming and design methodologies — with emphasis on hierarchy charts and pseudo code, and coverage of stepwise refinement, top down testing, Nassi-Schneiderman diagrams, and Yourdon methodologies.
includes 22 complete COBOL programs — with program narrative, record layouts, report layouts, test data, and processing specifications.
provides several debugging workshops.
offers 10 programming tips which go beyond the syntactical rules of COBOL to suggest stylistic considerations to make programs easier to read.

Table of Contents

1. COBOL Overview.
2. The Programming Process.
3. Identification, Environment and Data Divisions.
4. The COBOL Language — Procedure Division.
5. Writing a Complete Program.
6. Debugging, I.
7. Structured Programming and Design.
8. Control Breaks.
9. More About the Procedure Division.
10. More About the Data Division.
11. Table Processing.
12. Sorting and Merging.
13. Report Writer.
14. Sequential File Maintenance.
15. Nonsequential File Maintenance.
Appendix A: COBOL 8X—Highlights of Changes.
Appendix B: COBOL 8X—Structured Programming Enhancements.
Appendix C: Reserved Words.
Appendix D: COBOL Reference Summary.