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where can i find the COBOL information?

i really need help coz i have to do some report on it...

and i have no idea about it.....

please help!!

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asked where to find COBOL information and suggested the Internet. For a short, reliable starting point and history, see COBOL on Wikipedia. Key report topics: why COBOL was created, common business uses (batch/reporting/transaction processing), program structure (IDENTIFICATION, ENVIRONMENT, DATA, PROCEDURE), PIC clauses for data, and differences between mainframe dialects and modern compilers.

Three practical programs that illustrate those topics: (1) simple arithmetic and conditional logic (calculate sums, show results), (2) sequential file processing (read fixed-width records and compute totals), (3) formatted report output or a SORT example. Local development and testing commonly use GnuCOBOL; installation and reference are at GnuCOBOL. A minimal COBOL program to verify setup:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY "Hello, world".
STOP RUN.

Compile/run example with GnuCOBOL:

cobc -x -o hello hello.cob
./hello

Troubleshooting notes: traditional COBOL is column-sensitive (indicator column 7, areas A/B), so watch source layout when using fixed-format. PIC 9 = digits, PIC X = text. Expect dialect differences between IBM, Micro Focus and GnuCOBOL; file encodings and record formats (EBCDIC vs ASCII, fixed vs variable) matter when exchanging mainframe data.

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You could try the Internet.

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uhmm i'm having a hard time on the programming part coz i have to do a report on 3 programs in COBOL programming language.....

anyway thanx for the information

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