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COBOL: The DATA DIVISION |
| Course Status: | Released |
| Course Language: | English |
| Course Duration: | 4 Hours |
| Deployment Options: | Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet |
| Audience |
| Students wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL |
| Prerequisites |
| The previous courses in the COBOL curriculum |
| Course Aim |
| To introduce students to the DATA DIVISION |
| Learning Objectives |
| Explain the purpose of the DATA DIVISION. Code the FILE SECTION. Code FILE DESCRIPTIONs and RECORD DESCRIPTIONs. Understand data names. Use level numbers correctly. Explain the use of WORKING-STORAGE. Understand variables and constants, including numeric and non-numeric literals, and figurative constant. Explain the use of the PICTURE, JUSTIFIED, VALUE, USAGE, and SYNCHRONIZED clauses. |
| Topics Covered |
| The FILE SECTION - File descriptions - BLOCK CONTAINS - Data names File records - Record descriptions - Level numbers - The PICTURE clause - Hands-on: Creating a file record structure JUSTIFIED, USAGE, and SYNCHRONIZED clauses - The JUSTIFIED clause - The USAGE clause - The SYNCHRONIZED clause The WORKING-STORAGE SECTION - Introduction to WORKING-STORAGE - Literals - The VALUE clause - Hands-on: Creating an EOF counter |