Murach's Structured COBOL
Chapter 4 How to design, code, and test a structured program
How to develop a structured program 134
A complete procedure for developing a structured program 134
The specifications for a summary report-preparation program 136
How to design a structured program 138
The terms for working with a structure chart 138
How to name the modules in a chart 138
How to design the first two levels of a chart 140
How to design the legs of a chart 142
How to add the Read and Write modules to a chart 144
How to number the modules in a chart 146
How to draw charts that won't fit on one page 146
Alternatives to the structure chart 148
When and how to use pseudocode 150
The basics of using pseudocode 150
How to use pseudocode for the critical modules of a program 152
How to code each module so it is independent 154
How to code and test a program from the top down 156
How to plan the coding and testing sequence 156
How to code the new modules for each phase of testing 158
How to code program stubs 160
The code for the summary report-preparation program 162
The Data Division code 162
The Procedure Division code 164
Perspective 170
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