Re: Basic Cobol

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Best way is to take a course at the local college.
Next best way is to get a program and read it. Any good RPG programmer
can handle it. One big mindset change is that variables must be
qualified. When you move $$$ toNETPAY in an RPG program, wherever the
NETPAY field occurs, it has the same value. In COBOL, NETPAY could be a
working variable, and a field in input, output, and display files. You
need to move $$$ to NETPAY of input-file, NETPAY of output-file, NETPAY
of display-file.

Also, there is a COBOL mailing list hosted by our gracious host, David
Gibbs.

Bob

Keith Flournoy wrote:

>
>
> I am an RPG developer and I have not used COBOL in the past. Can
> anyone tell me how to write a basic COBOL program. An example would be
> how to compile a COBOL program that uses a physical or logical file.
> Thanks.

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