Bill, That is my preference too and also with that approach it truncates any trailing spaces on the first line and concatenates the content from second line as if it is a single line. But when you code continuation character the trailing blanks are left as is.
Thanks, Kolusu IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 07/16/2015 08:18:56 AM: > From: Bill Ashton <bill00ash...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 07/16/2015 08:19 AM > Subject: Re: Not understanding COBOL diagnostic > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
