- Duration
- 5 hours
The PL/1 Program Design Techniques course builds on the PL/1 Fundamentals course. It explains how to build a structured program in the language. It also describes many of the common built-in functions.
Application programmers who maintain and develop commercial and scientific PL/1 programs.
Knowledge of programming concepts and experience with mainframe system architecture.
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Define and understand program flow control
- Define and understand iteration and looping
- Identify the storage attributes
- Understand and utilize built-in functions
Procedure Blocks, Begin Blocks and Do Groups
Programming Constructs
Branching and Conditional Processing
Internal, External and Function Procedures
Passing Data between Procedures
Constructs of Loops
WHILE and UNTIL Loop Control
REPEAT Control
Nested Loops
Storage Allocation Concepts
Variables and Storage
PL/1 Storage Classes
Pointer Variables and their Functions
Scope of Variable Definitions
Overlaying and Storage Redefinition
Storage Allocation Attributes
Built-In Function Declaration
Common String Handling Built-In Functions
Arithmetic Built-In Functions to Perform Calculations
Array Handling Built-In Functions
Using Built-In Functions as Pseudo-Variables
Nesting Built-In Functions