COBOL Programming Standards

Description:
Author : A J Marston

Contents:
* 1. Introduction
* 2. Source Code Documentation
* 3. Program Identification
* 4. Program Data
o 4.1 Record Definitions
o 4.2 Print Line Definitions
o 4.3 Record Mnemonics
o 4.4 Item Names
o 4.5 Working Storage Definitions
o 4.6 Subscripts and Indices
o 4.7 Condition Names
o 4.8 Flags/Indicators/Switches
* 5. Program Code
o 5.1 Introduction
o 5.2 Program Structure
+ 5.2.1 Module Hierarchy
+ 5.2.2 Module Naming
o 5.3 Sections
o 5.4 Paragraphs
o 5.5 Sentences and Statements
o 5.6 Conditional Processing
o 5.7 Hints, Notes and Warnings
+ 5.7.1 PERFORM

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+ 5.7.2 PERFORM ... THROUGH ...
+ 5.7.3 The EXIT statement
+ 5.7.4 The GO TO statement
+ 5.7.5 The ALTER statement
+ 5.7.6 MOVE CORRESPONDING..
+ 5.7.7 The COMPUTE statement
+ 5.7.8 AUTOREADS in VPLUS..
+ 5.7.9 The SORT statement
+ 5.7.10 Defining and using Print Files
+ 5.7.11 The ACCEPT statement
* 6. Sample Online Procedures
o 6.1 Introduction
o 6.2 Standard VPLUS macros
o 6.3 Examples
+ 6.3.1 Sample screen processing
+ 6.3.2 Validating screen arrays
+ 6.3.3 Handling numeric values
* 7. Sample Batch Procedures
o 7.1 Report Printing
o 7.2 Control Breaks with sorted files
* 8. Programming Hints
o 8.1 Multi-line Enquiry screens
o 8.2 Multi-line Input/Update screens

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