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    Lesson 1

    INTRODUCTION

    I. What is COBOL?

    COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. It is a high-level programming


    language design specifically for business applications such as payroll, inventory, & etc.

    3 Levels of Programming Language


    a. Low-level - Assembly Language
    b. Middle-level - C Language scanf(“%d”, &x);
    c. High-level - COBOL – OPEN, CLOSE, READ, WRITE

    II. Nature of COBOL


    1. Common Language
    2. Business-Oriented Language
    3. Standard Language
    4. English-like Language
    5. User-friendly Language
    6. Etc.

    III. Features of COBOL Language


    1. It is machine independent
    2. It is easy to maintain
    3. It is easy to understand
    4. COBOL programs are uniquely organized
    5. A COBOL program can handle voluminous amount of data
    6. Advanced file handling capabilities.

    IV. History of COBOL

    COBOL was developed by a group called CODASYL


    1959
    (Conference on Data Systems Languages) Committee
    The first COBOL compilers became available in the
    1960
    market
    The first ANS version of COBOL was developed by the
    1968
    American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
    The second version of ANS COBOL was developed
    1974
    (COBOL-74)
    The more efficient and standardized version of ANS
    1985
    COBOL was developed (COBOL-85)
    Visual COBOL is the most familiar version of COBOL
    Present Time Object-Oriented COBOL
    COBOL-CICS
    COBOL ‘74
    COBOL ‘85
    if AVE is greater than or equal to
    if AVE >= 75
    75
    COMPUTE ave=(q1+q2)/2.

    V. Features of COBOL Program


    1. English-like syntax
    2. Unusual length compared with other programs
    3. Column-sensitive – COBOL - move, MOVE, MoVe

    C, java, c# – case-sensitive - float ave; float AVE; scanf(); SCANF();

    4. Spacing between any program segments printf();scanf();print();


    IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
    PROGRAM-ID. SAMPLE.
    AUTHOR. BSIT 2-4 and 2-1N.

    5. Use of indentions
    if (x<y)
    printf( );
    else if (x>y)
    printf();
    else
    printf();

    VI. 4 Divisions of COBOL


    1. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
    2. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
    3. DATA DIVISION.
    4. PROCEDURE DIVISION.

    VII. The COBOL Coding Form:

    COLUMNS DESCRIPTIONS
    1–6 Page & Sequence Number Area
    Indicator Area

    7 a. used to add comment *

    b. used for continuation of nonnumeric literals OR string -

    Program Area
    - this area contains the COBOL source program which is
    subdivided into 2 areas because there are certain entries
    that must begin in Area A (8 to 11) and others in
    Area B (12 to 72 ).

    Area A entries:
    a. division headers
    b. section headers
    8 – 72
    c. paragraph headers / entries
    d. FD (file description)
    e. level number 01 - record

    Area B entries:
    a. source statements
    b. clauses
    c. level no. 02 – 49

    73 – 80 Identification Area

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