Fundamentals

  1. 1.Why COBOL? Real History & Why It's Still Running Today
  2. 2.COBOL Program Structure: The Four Divisions
  3. 3.Data Types & PICTURE Clauses
  4. 4.Working with Variables: MOVE, COMPUTE & Arithmetic Verbs
  5. 5.Control Flow: IF, EVALUATE & PERFORM
  6. 6.Working with Tables (Arrays) & the OCCURS Clause
  7. 7.String Handling: STRING, UNSTRING & Reference Modification
  8. 8.Basic File Handling: Sequential Files
  9. 9.Subprograms & the CALL Statement
  10. 10.Capstone: Writing a Complete Batch Processing Program