Structured COBOL programming
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Bibliographic Information
Structured COBOL programming
Wiley, c1994
7th ed.
Available at 1 libraries
Note
Previous ed.: 1991
Includes index
Accompanied by booklet: The Wiley COBOL Syntax Reference Guide : with IBM and VAX enhancements / prepared by Nancy Stern and Robert A. Stern
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This revised and updated edition concentrates on COBOL 85, with references to COBOL 74 and the upcoming standard, COBOL 9X. There is a more complete coverage of advanced topics and a greater emphasis on PC programming, interactive programming and object-oriented COBOL.
Table of Contents
- The Basics: An Introduction to Structured Program Design in COBOL
- COBOL Language Fundamentals
- The Data Division
- Coding Complete COBOL Programs
- Designing Structured Programs: Designing and Debugging COBOL Programs
- Moving Data and Printing Information
- Computing in COBOL
- Decision-Making Using the IF and EVALUATE Statements
- Iteration
- Writing High-Level COBOL Programs: Control Break Processing
- Data Validation Techniques
- Array Processing and Table Handling: Single-Level Arrays and Tables
- Multiple-Level Arrays and Tables
- File Maintenance: Sequential File Processing
- Sorting and Merging
- Indexed File Processing
- Interactive Processing
- Advanced Topics: Using Advanced Debugging Aids and Improving Program Performance
- The Copy and Call Statements
- Relative File Processing
- The Report Writer Module
- COBOL 9X and Beyond.
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