Structured COBOL: A Direct Approach

Structured COBOL: A Direct Approach, 1/e

Rina Yarmish, Kingsborough Community College
Gerald Wohl, Pace University

Published December, 1992 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Summary

A thorough introduction to basic elements of the COBOL language and effective design procedures and techniques.

Features

presents language elements in successive layers —with the output from one run used as the input for the next run.
provides a parallel programming assignment for every illustrative text program.
focuses on structure and logic of programs and shows how to develop a program using top-down design with the help of a structure chart.
involves readers in programming a complete system for both sequential file and indexed file processing.
includes debugging activities.
provides boxed summaries of the syntax guidelines for COBOL instructions.
presents specifications for COBOL-85, and indicates how those standards differ from the COBOL-74 standards.

Table of Contents

1. Meet the Computer.
2. A Preliminary Subset of ANS COBOL.
3. A Closer Look at the Subset: COBOL Constants; the MOVE Statement; Editing; Report Enhancement.
4. A Closer Look at the Subset: Arithmetic Statements; the IF Statement.
5. Control Break Processing.
6. Debugging.
7. Table Processing.
8. Direct Access and Sequential Access Concepts.
9. COBOL for Sequential Files.
10. COBOL for Indexed Files.
11. Sorting in COBOL.
12. Data Representation, Operating Systems, and Installation Standard: Implications for COBOL Programming.
13. Structured Design and Structured Programming.
Appendix A: Job Control Language (JCL).
Appendix B: COBOL Reserved Words.
Appendix C: COBOL Reference Summary.
Appendix D: Compiler-Dependent Code.
Index.