This information is intended to help non-COBOL programmers relate terms for data used in other programming languages to COBOL terms. It introduces COBOL fundamentals for variables, structures, literals, and constants; assigning and displaying values; intrinsic (built-in) functions, and tables (arrays) and pointers.
related tasks
Using variables, structures, literals, and constants
Assigning values to data items
Displaying values on a screen or in a file (DISPLAY)
Using intrinsic functions (built-in functions)
Using tables (arrays) and pointers
Processing data in an international environment