cobolscript

Do you know COBOL?
Anyone who already knows COBOL can easily use CobolScript with virtually no learning curve. CobolScript has familar COBOL syntax and is ideal for data conversion, batch interfaces, and server-side scripting. You can download a demo version with sample programs from the CobolScript Group at

Commands	Functions
ACCEPT	ABS
ACCEPTFROMSOCKET	ACOS
ADD	ACOSH
BANNER	ALPHABETIC
BINDSOCKET	ANNUITY
CALENDAR	ANNUITYFV
CALL	ASIN
CLOSE	ASINH
CLOSEDB	ATAN
CLOSESOCKET	ATAN2
COMPUTE	ATANH
CONNECTTOSOCKET	CALTOJ
CONTINUE	CCTOCIN
COPY	CEILING
CREATESOCKET	CHOOSE
DISPLAY	CINTOCC
DISPLAYASCIIFILE	CMTOIN
DISPLAYFILE	COS
DISPLAYLF	COSH
DIVIDE	CTOFAHR
EXEC SQL	DDBAMT
EXECUTE	EXP
FD	FACT
FTPASCII	FAHRTOC
FTPBINARY	FLOOR
FTPCD	FTOM
FTPCLOSE	FV
FTPCONNECT	FVANNUITY
FTPGET	GALTOL
FTPPUT	GMTOOZ
GETBANNER	HPTOKW
GETCALENDAR	INTOCM
GETENV	JTOCAL
GETHOSTBYNAME	KGTOPD
GETHOSTNAME	KMTOML
GETMAIL	KWTOHP
GETMAILCOUNT	LN
GETTIMEFROMSERVER	LOG
GETWEBPAGE	LTOGAL
GOBACK	MLTOKM
IF	MTOF
INCLUDE	NUMERIC
INITIALIZE	NUMPMTS
LISTENTOSOCKET	OZTOGM
MOVE	PDTOKG
MULTIPLY	PERMUTAT
OPEN	PI
OPENDB	PV
PERFORM	PVANNUITY
PERFORM...VARYING	RANDOM
POSITION	ROOT
READ	ROUNDED
RECEIVESOCKET	SIGN
REWRITE	SIN
SENDMAIL	SINH
SENDSOCKET	SQRT
SET	STRLINEAMT
SHUTDOWNSOCKET	SYDAMT
SUBTRACT	TAN
STOP RUN	TANH
WRITE

CobolScript®
As defined by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In computer programming, CobolScript is a COBOL-based scripting language. CobolScript has familiar COBOL syntax and is used for data conversion, batch interfaces, and server-side scripting. It has versions for Microsoft Windows, Linux, SunOS and FreeBSD.

Want more information? The best way to find answers to all of your questions about CobolScript is to take a look at the Developers Guide and then download a demo version. This 279 page manual is one of the most well written programming manuals you will find. Seriously, it is a good manual.

Additional CobolScript Features
In addition to the standard language commands and the internet processing commands available in CobolScript, other features provide the means to quickly and easily create programs with a wide range of functionality:

Internetworking commands such as FTPPUT, FTPGET, SENDMAIL, and GETMAIL for transferring files and emails from within a CobolScript program.
File processing commands for reading and parsing both fixed-format and delimited data files.
Flexible naming syntax that allows underscores ( _ ) and dashes ( - ) to be used interchangeably in variable names, to support both modern variable naming as well as COBOL-style variable naming.
Advanced expression evaluator that does not require explicit spaces between expression components, even for subtraction operations, for programmers who are used to coding mathematical expressions in C or similar languages.
Financial functions for calculating annuities and depreciation.
Scientific, stochastic, and other higher math functions.
Metric to English and English to metric system unit conversion functions.
TCP/IP socket programming commands such as SENDSOCKET and RECEIVESOCKET, for creating client-server communications programs without web server software or FTP configuration.
DNS commands such as GETHOSTNAME for incorporating internet information retrieval into programs.
PIC X(n) picture clause that automatically calculates variable size based on VALUE clause, eliminating the need for time-consuming computations with FILLER variables, and an implied version of PIC X(n) that allows the FILLER keyword and picture clause to be eliminated entirely.
REPLICA variable declaration syntax that permits the same elementary data item to be used in multiple group items.
EXECUTE command for dynamic statement creation and execution.
Intelligent error messaging that displays browser-based error messages when running programs from a browser, and text-based error messages when running programs from the command line, thereby speeding the debugging process. Using these CobolScript features, you can develop programs to get and save web pages to text files, transfer files via FTP, send simple emails, retrieve emails, accept data from web page forms, create virtual HTML documents, and perform various file input and output operations.

How do I buy the full version of CobolScript?

You pay $49.95USD through PayPal and after the transaction is complete, you will be directed to a web page where you can download the full version of the CobolScript interpreter. The sample programs and readme files are located with the demo version in the CobolScript Group at