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Mastering COBOL Programming

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Roger Hutty

    1. School of Computing Sciences De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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  2. Mary Spence

    1. Department of Information Systems, School of Computing Sciences De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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Part of the book series: Macmillan Master Series (MMS)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Nucleus and Source Text Manipulation Modules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. COBOL Programming Fundamentals

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 3-16

    3. DATA and PROCEDURE DIVISION Fundamentals

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 17-41

    4. Numbers, the ADD and SUBTRACT Statements, Some Numerical Data Editing

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 42-63

    5. The MULTIPLY, DIVIDE and COMPUTE Statements, Further Data Editing

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 64-80

    6. The IF, GO TO and EVALUATE Statements

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 81-113

    7. The PERFORM Statement

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 114-143

    8. Lists

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 144-163

    9. Tables

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 164-185

    10. String Manipulation

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 186-204

    11. Source Text Manipulation

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 205-211

  3. The INPUT-OUTPUT Modules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. File Concepts

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 215-233

    3. Processing Sequential Files

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 234-253

    4. Processing Relative Files

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 254-267

    5. Processing Indexed Files

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 268-284

    6. SORTing and MERGEing

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 285-297

  4. The INTER-PROGRAM COMMUNICATION Module

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
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    2. Communicating Between Programs

      • Roger Hutty, Mary Spence
      Pages 301-320
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Computing Sciences De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Roger Hutty

  • Department of Information Systems, School of Computing Sciences De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Mary Spence

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