COBOL Programming - Advanced

Duration: 5 hours

Overview

Description

The COBOL Programming - Advanced course examines the use of tables in a COBOL program, and the methodologies used for file sorting. It details the use of subprograms and the linkage section. It also shows how parameters are passed to a program.

Audience

More experienced COBOL Programmers who need to create or maintain programs and subprograms that use tables/arrays, indexing, and sorts.

Prerequisites

Completion of the COBOL Programming - Manipulating Data course, or equivalent.

Objectives

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

Describe how the COBOL programmer can use tables to store data
Reference and manipulate data in an table
Write COBOL code used to sort file data
Describe how subprograms are defined and used

Course Content

COBOL Tables

Single Level Tables and Elements

Multilevel Tables and Elements

Indexing and Referencing COBOL Tables

Table Indexes

Search and Manipulate Tables

File Sorting

The COBOL Approach to Sorting

Sort Structures

SORT, INPUT, and OUTPUT Procedures

Subprogramming

Define Subprograms

Inter-program Communication

Object-Oriented COBOL

Object Oriented Methodology

Methods and Classes

Coding Object Oriented COBOL

COBOL Programming - Advanced Mastery Test