Top "Cobol" questions

We use a numeric-edited picture clause Z(4).99 to supress leading zeroes. It replaces leading zeros with spaces. My question here …

I am trying to find out a way to check whether a file is already opened in COBOL, so that …

Can anyone help comparing and contrasting between Java and cobol in terms of technical differences as well as architectural design …

I'm trying to make a very simple COBOL program. I've gotten my directory, configurations, etc. all set up, but when …

I'm really new to COBOL and I would like to ask a question. What if I have 2 PIC of characters …

I am taking a date variable in database in YYYY-MM-DD:hh:min:ss format and i want to display it …

I have the information, that a PIC S9(4) field is encoded with comp-3. I also have a data file which …

I'm completely new to COBOL, and I'm wondering: There seems to be no difference between DISPLAY "foo" and DISPLAY "foo". …

Does anyone know a tool to convert from Cobol Copybook to XSD? Or XML.

I'm thinking about learning COBOL. Where should I start?