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Author Hubbell, Thane.

Title Sams teach yourself Cobol in 24 hours / Thane Hubbell
Published Indianapolis, IN : Sams Pub., 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 477 pages) : illustrations
Series Sams teach yourself in 24 hours series
Sams teach yourself in 24 hours series
Contents pt. I. COBOL Program Basics -- Hour 1. Getting Started -- Hour 2. Writing Your First Program in COBOL -- Hour 3. Different Data Types -- Hour 4. Basic User Interface -- Hour 5. Procedure Division -- Hour 6. Manipulating Data -- Hour 7. Manipulating String Data -- Hour 8. Conditional Statements -- Hour 9. The Evaluate Statement -- Hour 10. Processing Loops -- Hour 11. Advanced Perform Statements -- Hour 12. Tables -- pt. II. File Handling -- Hour 13. Sequential Files -- Hour 14. Indexed Files -- Hour 15. Reading Indexed File Records -- Hour 16. Updating Indexed File Records -- Hour 17. Sorting -- pt. III. Business Processing -- Hour 18. Master File Updating -- Hour 19. Reporting -- Hour 20. Advanced Reporting -- pt. IV. Miscellaneous Functions -- Hour 21. Date Manipulation -- Hour 22. Other Intrinsic Functions -- pt. IV. Advanced Topics -- Hour 23. The Call Interface -- Hour 24. The Graphical User Interface
Summary Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours teaches the basics of COBOL programming in 24 step-by-step lessons. Each lesson builds on the previous one providing a solid foundation in COBOL programming concepts and techniques. Coupled with the source code and the compiler available from Fujitsu, this hands-on guide is the easiest, fastest way to begin creating standard COBOL compliant code. Business professionals and programmers from other languages will find this hands-on, task-oriented tutorial extremely useful for learning the essential features and concepts of COBOL programming. Writing a program can be a complex task. Concentrating on one development tool guides you to good results every time. There will be no programs that will not compile!
Notes Includes index
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Subject COBOL (Computer program language)
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COBOL (Computer program language)
COBOL (Computer program language)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585135274
9780585135274
9780768685510
0768685516
9780672314537
0672314533
Other Titles Teach yourself Cobol in 24 hours