Structured ANS COBOL: Part 1: a course for novices using a subset of 1974 and 1985 ANS COBOL/ Mike Murach and Paul Noll. -- 2nd ed. -- Fresno, California; Mike Murach & Associates, Inc., 1986. 438 p.; 25 cm.
Includes indexes.
The main objective of this book is to teach you how to use a subset of COBOL to develop structured programs that prepare reports. This subset consists of COBOL elements that conform to both 1974 and the 1985 ANS standards (the standards published by by the American National standards Institute) This book teaches you how to write programs for either version of COBOL. Because we feel it's impossible to teach students how to code structured programs without teaching them how to design programs, this books gives extensive coverage to modern design techniques. Specifically, It shows you how to design a program from the top down using structure chart, and it and it shows you how to plan the modules of a program using a pseudocode. In addition, this books teachjes you how test a program from the top down. As a result, students who complete this course should not only be able to code COBOL, they should be able to develop programs using effective procedures for design, planning, and testing.