Course Description

Converting to COBOL for OS/390 & VM

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Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to convert existing OS/VS COBOL programs to COBOL for OS/390 & VM or COBOL for MVS & VM (formerly COBOL/370), and develop new programs using the new features of the language. In addition, students will acquire facility with the new compiler itself.

Audience

Experienced COBOL programmers who are converting applications from an OS/VS COBOL environment to a new COBOL environment.

Prerequisites

The student should have experience coding COBOL programs and should be able to code JCL to run simple batch jobs.

Related IBM Materials

This course is drawn from these IBM manuals; access to them in the classroom is desirable but not required:

SC26-9046 - COBOL Language Reference
SC26-9049 - COBOL Programming Guide

• What has been eliminated
• Language features that are different
• Language features that have been modified or enhanced
• 31-bit addressing support
• Scope delimiters
• EVALUATE
• POINTER variables
• INITIALIZE
• Intrinsic functions
• Compiler features
• Conversion aids
• Conversion strategies

Exercises

There are five hands-on exercises.