Cont ents: Introduction -- Your first COBOL program -- Using variables and constants -- A first look at structured COBOL -- Decision making -- Using PERFORM, GO TO and IF to control programs -- Using data and COBOL operatiors -- Basics of design -- Structured data -- File I/O -- Indexd file I/O -- More on indexed files -- Deleting records and other indexed file operations A review of indexed files -- Data integrity -- Using look up and arrays -- Alternate keys -- Calling other programs -- Complex data entry problems -- More complex data entry -- Selecting, storing, and reporting -- Control breaks -- Miscellaneous COBOL syntax -- Full-screen I/O -- Using a symbolic debegger -- Intrinsic functions and the year 2000 -- Dates and the year 2000 -- Appendix A: Anawers -- Appendix B: ASCII -- Appendix C: Editing, compiling, and linking -- Appendix D: Handling complier errors -- Appendix E: Summary of COBOL syntax -- Appendix F: Transaction processing.