PL/1 Program Design Techniques
Duration
5 hours
Overview
The PL/1 Program Design Techniques course builds on the PL/1 Fundamentals course. It explains how to build a structured program in the language. It also describes many of the common built-in functions.
Audience
Application programmers who maintain and develop commercial and scientific PL/1 programs
Prerequisites
Knowledge of programming concepts and experience with mainframe system architecture
Objectives
- After completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Define program flow control
- Define iteration and looping
- Identify the storage attributes
- Define built-in functions
Course Content
Program Flow Control
Procedure Blocks and Groups
Programming Constructs
Branching and Conditional Processing
Internal and External and Function Procedures
Passing Data between Procedures
Iteration and Looping
Constructs of Loops
WHILE and UNTIL Loop Control
REPEAT Control
Nested Loops
Storage Attributes and Scope
Storage Allocation Concepts
Variables and Storage
PL/1 Storage Classes
Pointer Variables and their Functions
Overlaying and Storage Redefinition
Storage Allocation Attributes
Built-In Functions
Built-In Function Declaration
Common String Handling Built-In Functions
Arithmetic Built-In Functions Performing Calculations
Array Handling Built-In Functions
Pseudo-Variables
Nesting Built-In Functions
PL/1 Program Design Techniques Mastery Test
This course is part of
the IBM Digital Badge Program
Mainframe Application Programmer
PL/1 Programming - Expert
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