This lecture note covers the following topics:
introduction to COBOL, Divisions of Cobol, Picture clause characteristics,
Editing, Level structure, Data movement verb Move Arithmetic verbs, Input and output verbs, Corresponding options, Programs using
Arithmetic verbs, Conditions, Conditionals statements, Perform statements,
Renames and redefines clauses, Programs, Sequential files, Direct access files,
Indexed sequential files, Sorting and merging of files, Programs, Table
handling, Indexed tables and index names, Search and start verbs, Programs using
occurs and screen section.
This document describes the
syntax, semantics and usage of the COBOL programming language as implemented by
the current version of GNU COBOL, formerly known as OpenCOBOL.