Philippakis, Andreas S.

Structured COBOL / A.S. Philippakis and Leonard J. Kazmier - Third edition - Manila, Philippines : Merriam & Webster, Inc., 1986. - xv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Includes index.

1. Overview of cobol programming -- 2. An elementary set of cobol instructions -- 3. Program structure -- 4. Data division feature -- 5. Procedure division statement -- 6. Conditions and conditional statement -- 7. Program design -- 8. Additional language features -- 9. Sequential file processing -- 10. Sorting and merging sequential files -- 11. Basic table handling -- 12. Additional table-handling features -- 13. Indexed sequential file processing -- 14. Relative file processing -- 15. Subprograms and nested programs

This book has been designed to facilitate the learning of COBOL. It includes thorough coverage of concepts, as well as examples of applications, at both elementary and intermediate levels of complexity. Review sections are included in the text as opportunities for the reader to enhance effective learning through self-testing. Students in business administration and computer science will find this book to be a suitable guide to the language.

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COBOL
PROGRAMMING

HF 5548.5 .P45 1986