Cobol

COBOL is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. COBOL is primarily used in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments.

PERFORM statement in COBOL Program

PERFORM statement transfers control to a block of code that will be executed just once. This could either be a…

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COBOL MERGE statement with Examples

The COBOL MERGE statement combines two or more identically sequenced files on a set of specified keys.  As part of…

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COBOL SORT statement with Examples

COBOL SORT files are common functionalities of COBOL applications. Sorting is required for sequential processing as the files need to…

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OUTER JOIN – step by step walkthrough with examples

The JOIN operation allows you to combine rows from two or more tables based on a related column. OUTER JOIN…

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Conditional Expressions use in COBOL

Conditional expressions identify conditions that are tested to enable the object program to select between alternate paths of control depending…

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EVALUATE statement in COBOL Programs

EVALUATE statement is used for conditional processing which helps in eliminating a series of nested IF statements to test several…

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Find Duration – Add – Subtract – MOD Duration using COBOL

The FIND DURATION function is used to calculate duration between: Two dates A date and a timestamp Two times A…

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File Handling Verbs in COBOL Programs

The collection of records belonging to the same entity is known as File. These records are stored permanently. File handling helps to organize…

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FILE ALLOCATION – COBOL File Handling

FILE ALLOCATION is a key concept in COBOL programming. A file is a collection of data related to a set…

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COBOL File Error Handling and Status Code

Any I-O operations on a file, there are chances that it may fail. We need to have COBOL FIle Error…

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