COBOL Programming Course - Part II - Synopsis
- 9 - Working with Dates
Using the ACCEPT instruction and DATE functions to obtain variations of date and time. - 10 - Character Manipulation
Referential Modification, Intrinsic Functions, plus the INSPECT, STRING and UNSTRING instructions. - 11 - Arrays & Tables
Initializing, Subscripting and Indexing, plus the SEARCH instruction. - 12 - Sub-programs
Dynamic vs Static CALL, receiving parameters (include from JCL EXEC), returning control, and alternate ENTRY points. - 13 - Index File Processing
Covers the variations of sequential processing, random by key, and the use of alternate indices. - 14 - Random File Processing
Covers the variations of sequential processing and random by record number. - 15 - Dynamic File Allocation
Impact on SELECT and JCL, the differences between BPXWDYN, setenv and envar methods. - 16 - Dynamic Memory Allocation
My Address Space, what can be allocated?, the ALLOCATE and FREE instructions. - 17 - Server Interfaces
Covers the use of both JSON and XML to process data packets. - 18 - Using the SORT feature
Describes two principal SORT Exits before discussing how to invoke SORT from within a COBOL program.