LSP_COBOL_Tutorial for BCA Students of M G University


	COBOL Tutorial: (Based on M.G. University - BCA Programme)
	UNIT 3: INTRODUCTION TO COBOL
	History of COBOL
	COBOL Coding Sheet
	Basic Structure of a COBOL Program
	COBOL Words, Data Names and Identifiers, Literals
	Identification Division and Environment Division
	Data Division
	Level Numbers and Data Description Entry
	Picture Clause
	Editing Picture Clause
	UNIT 4: PROCEDURE DIVISION
	MOVE Verb
	ARITHMETIC Verbs : ADD Verb, SUBTRACT Verb, MULTIPLY Verb, DIVIDE Verb and COMPUTE Verb
	INPUT and OUTPUT Verbs : OPEN & CLOSE Verbs, READ Verb, WRITE Verb, ACCEPT & DISPLAY
	Conditional Statements : IF Statement, IF .. ELSE .. Statement and Nested IF Statement
	Conditions : Relational Condition, Sign Condition, Class Condition, Condition-Name Condition, Negated Simple Condition and Compound Condition
	Sequence Control Verbs : GO TO Verb, STOP RUN
	Corresponding Option : MOVE CORRESPONDING, ADD and SUBTRACT CORRESPONDING
	Table Handling : OCCURS CLAUSE AND SUBSCRIPTING
	PERFORM Statements : Simple PERFORM Statement, PERFORM With TIMES Option, PERFORM With UNTIL Option, PERFORM With VARYING Option, PERFORM With VARYING - AFTER Option
	GO TO with DEPENDING ON phrase

	UNIT 5: SEQUENTIAL FILES AND FILE PROGRAMS
	FILE CHARACTERISTICS
	FILE CONTROL Entries for Sequential Files
	FILE DESCRIPTION Entries
	INPUT OUTPUT Statements for Sequential Files
	SORTING and MERGING of Files

	LAB EXCERCISES AND SOLUTIONS (CYCLE -I)
	Write a program in COBOL to find the Sum of Two Numbers.

	Write a program in COBOL to read Three Numbers and find the Biggest among them.

	Write a COBOL program to read a set of N integers and to calculate the number of numbers divisible by 9 and not divisible by 5 and their Sum.

	Write a COBOL program to find the number of odd numbers, number of even numbers, sum of odd numbers, sum of even numbers and the total sum of numbers from a given set of numbers according to the users choice.

	Write a COBOL program to generate first N Fibanocci Numbers.

	The number of hours worked by an employee in a company and hourly rate are given. Deduct tax @ 10% of total salary if total salary exceeds 10,000/- otherwise 5%. Write a COBOL program to implement the above.

	Given the sex and age of a number of people. Write a COBOL program to calculate the number of Males and Female and also calculate the number of males in the age group 25 and 35. Show the output in a neat format.

	Given the number of hours worked and hourly wage rate. Write a COBOL program to calculate the gross pay and net pay for an employee by assuming that the tax deduction to be @ 10% of gross salary if it is less than 2,500/- and @ 20% otherwise.