COBOL Programming – Advanced

Duration

5 hours

Overview

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