COBOL by Command
Published on 22. December 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-0-340-65292-3 (ISBN)
Description
Aimed as a resource book rather than a classical textbook, this comprehensive coverage of all the major COBOL 85 commands, perfectly complements COBOL for Students (Parkin/Yorke), and will be invaluable to all students and current users of COBOL. It is organised around each of the command words making it easy to look up and review topics. As such it will also be useful to those wanting to learn some of the more sophisticated commands. Cobol by Command covers essentially all of the features of COBOL 85 with the exception of those topics marked as obsolete, i.e. the topics that will not appear in COBOL 9X. A chapter on the newly introduced COBOL functions is included. Each sample program illustrates one COBOL feature, providing the reader with a simple but complete example on how to use a COBOL verb and in addition many sample program segments are also given. Each topic is essentially covered in one section thus making it easier for the reader to answer most query. As a guide each chapter begins with a list of objectives and the topics that should be mastered before proceeding to the next chapter.
Reviews / Votes
An excellent book and an excellent purchase.,The Lecturer,More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-65292-3 (9780340652923)
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Person
Bernard Liengme attended Imperial College in London and received a BSc & PhD in Chemistry. He also received post-docs at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburg and the University of British Columbia. He has conducted extensive reseach in surface chemistry and Mossbauer Effect. He has been at St Francis Xavier University in Canada since 1968 as professor, Associate Dean and Registrar as well as teaching chemistry and computer science.
Content
Users guide for the files provided on disk * Introduction to COBOL * Structure of a COBOL Program * Coding a COBOL Program * The Identification Division * The Environment Division * The Data Division * The Record and Level Numbers * The PICTURE Clause * The VALUE Clause * The REDEFINES Clause * The OCCURS Clause * The USAGE Clause * The BLANK, JUSTIFIED and SIGN clauses * The SYNCHRONIZED Clause * The Procedure Division * The ACCEPT and DISPLAY Verbs * The MOVE and INITIALIZE Verbs * Tables * The Arithmetic Verbs * Sequential files * Transfer of Control * The PERFORM Verb * The IF and EVALUATE Verbs * The SEARCH Verb * The SORT and MERGE Verb * Indexed Files * Relative Files * String Operations * Interprogram Communication * The COPY Statement * COBOL Functions * COBOL Reserved Words * RM*COBOL * Index.