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