Datatrain Computer Based Training / Online e-Learning

COBOL Arithmetic and Procedures

Duration

4 - 5 hours

Overview

Audience

Personnel wishing for a good understanding of how to program using COBOL

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Computing Concepts and successful completion of Datatrain's COBOL Basics course or similar

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to -

• Understand the Procedure Division
• Understand Sequence control instructions
• Perform basic arithmetic operations
• Understand Screen Dialog

Course Content

Module 1 PROGRAM STRUCTURE

• Introduction to the Procedure Division
• Sections and Procedures

Module 2 PROGRAM CONTROL

• Sequence control instructions
• PERFORM
• GO TO
• STOP

Module 3 INSTRUCTIONS & PROCEDURES

• Data Assignment
• Editing

Module 4 ARITHMETIC

• Arithmetic Operations
• ADD
• SUBTRACT
• MULTIPLY
• DIVIDE
• COMPUTE

Module 5 BASIC SCREEN DIALOG & PRINTING

• The ACCEPT Instruction
• The DISPLAY Instruction

Library

This course is part of the Cobol library and the Programming Languages library.