I find that it is much easier to break the text into multiple, quote-delimited lines, and not bother with the continuation stuff. For example the lines above in my world would be as you have them, but without the dash in Col 7. It makes it much easier to work with...
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Sri h Kolusu <skol...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Charles, > > Remove the closing single quote on the DISPLAY statement line and you > won't see that message. > > Here are the rules > > If you want to continue a literal such that the continued lines and the > continuation lines are part of one literal: > Code a hyphen in the indicator area of each continuation line. > Code the literal value using all columns of each continued line, up to and > including column 72. (Do not terminate the continued lines with a single > quotation mark followed by a space.) > Code a quotation mark before the first character of the literal on each > continuation line. > Terminate the last continuation line with a single quotation mark followed > by a space. > > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS6SG3_4.2.0/com.ibm.entcobol.doc_4.2/PGandLR/ref/rlfmtcon.htm?lang=en > > Thanks, > Kolusu > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on > 07/16/2015 08:03:52 AM: > > > From: Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Date: 07/16/2015 08:06 AM > > Subject: Re: Not understanding COBOL diagnostic > > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > > > ----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7 > > DISPLAY ' YOU HAVE ACTIVATED STATISTICS WITH EXPLAIN' > > - ' BUT HAVE NOT CREATED THE PLAN_TABLE.' > > DISPLAY ' EXPLAIN HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED TO ALLOW THE' > > - ' PROGRAM TO RUN TO COMPLETION.' > > DISPLAY ' PLEASE CREATE THE PLAN_TABLE AND RESUBMIT' > > - ' THE PROGRAM FOR EXPLAIN INFORMATION.' > > > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 7:24 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Not understanding COBOL diagnostic > > > > Due to text wrap, I cannot tell what the original line looked like. > > > > Could you post the original code above the compiler output? > > > > Do you have ending single quotes? > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Thank you and best regards, *Billy Ashton* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
