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PL/1

Abstract
(5 Days)

This course provides a thorough introduction to the PL/I programming language.  It is intended for students who already know how to program in another programming language.

Audience

The audience for this course includes anyone with programming experience.

Topics

  • Basic PL/I program structure and syntax

  • Variable types and declarations - numeric, bit and character

  • I/O - GET and PUT

  • Control structures - IF, CASE and DO

  • Arrays and Structures

  • Built-in functions

  • Procedures

  • Pointers and Lists

  • Compile-time processing

Supervised Exercises

Extensive programming exercises will be given out during the class.