Mastering COBOL Programming

Roger Hutty, Mary Spence (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

1997 | 2nd edition
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-68106-0 (ISBN)

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This second edition of Mastering Cobol Programming is a comprehensive guide to good programming practice, program design and code. Each chapter has been revised to make full use of the COBOL 85 Standard. The book discusses the different groups of modules that comprise the COBOL language, and each chapter ends with practical exercises.

This second edition of Mastering Cobol Programming is a comprehensive guide to good programming practice, program design and code. It contains two new chapters, on Intrinsic Functions and Program Errors, Testing and Debugging. Each chapter has been revised to make full use of the COBOL 85 Standard. The book discusses the different groups of modules that comprise the COBOL language, and each chapter ends with practical exercises. It is suitable for undergraduate and diploma students on commercial computing and business courses, and is a valuable reference for professionals in data processing. It is a complete self-study COBOL text.

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
PART 1: NUCLEUS AND SOURCE TEXT MANIPULATION MODULES COBOL
Programming Fundamentals Data and Procedure
Division Fundamentals Numbers and the Subtract Statement
The Multiply, Divide and Compute Statements
Further Data Editing
The If, Go To and Evaluate Statements
Performing Lists –Tables
String Manipulation
Source Text Manipulation
PART 2: THE INPUT-OUTPUT MODULES
Processing Sequential Files
Processing Relative Files
Processing Indexed Files
Sorting and Merging
PART 3: THE INTER-PROGRAM COMMUNICATION MODULE
Communicating Between Programs
PART 4: THE REPORT WRITER MODULE
Using the Report Writer
PART 5: THE INTRINSIC FUNCTION MODULE
Intrinsic Functions
PART 6: PROGRAM DEBUGGING
Program Errors
Testing and Debugging
Appendices A-E
Index
Glossary.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.8.1997
Reihe/Serie	Macmillan Master Series
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Master Series
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	626 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Compilerbau
ISBN-10	0-333-68106-1 / 0333681061
ISBN-13	978-0-333-68106-0 / 9780333681060
Zustand	Neuware