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COBOL Control Structures

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Overview

Gain a deeper understanding of control structures in COBOL. This course will teach you how to navigate complex decision paths using IF statements and EVALUATE statements, and how to loop through several values, all crucial for making decisions in banking applications.

Syllabus

  • Lesson 1: Making Decisions with IF Statements
    • Enhance IF Statement Logic
    • Fixing Conditional Statements in COBOL
    • Add a New Balance Check
    • Adding a New Conditional Check
    • Account Balance Checks in COBOL
  • Lesson 2: Using EVALUATE for Conditional Logic
    • Enhance Account Type Logic
    • Fix the EVALUATE Statement
    • Fix the EVALUATE Statement
    • Classify Branch Types with EVALUATE
    • Creating a Card Description
  • Lesson 3: Nested IF Statements in COBOL
    • Enhance Account Status Logic
    • Enhance Account Balance Logic
    • Identify and Fix COBOL Bug
    • Complete Nested IF Statement
    • Nested IF Logic Challenge
  • Lesson 4: Simple Loop with PERFORM
    • Calculating Squares in a Loop
    • Fix the Perform Loop Bug
    • Fix the Perform Loop
    • Loop for Even Numbers
    • Looping and Squaring in COBOL
  • Lesson 5: More on PERFORM
    • Extend the Loop Condition
    • Fix the Loop Bug in COBOL
    • Modify the Loop Condition
    • Adjust the Loop Condition
    • Reverse Counter with PERFORM
    • Create a Loop from Scratch
  • Lesson 6: Combining Conditional Logic with PERFORM
    • Change the Loop Range in COBOL
    • Fix the COBOL Loop Bug
    • Check Prime Numbers with Loops
    • Mastering Conditional Loops in COBOL
    • Conditional Loops in COBOL

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