COBOL: Flow Control and Iteration
Overview/Description
To introduce students to the use of flow control and iteration in structured programming
Target Audience
Students wishing to learn COBOL or to review particular divisions or components of COBOL
Prerequisites
The previous courses in the COBOL curriculum
Expected Duration
4:00 Hours
Objectives:
COBOL: Flow Control and Iteration
To show how IF statements are used to control the flow of a COBOL program
To explain how conditional statements can evaluate values in different ways
To introduce the PERFORM statement and illustrate its variations and uses in a COBOL program
To explain how COBOL reserved words can manipulate data items
Course Number: COBL05E