You can do it just as the programmer coded it by just removing the hyphen in
column 7 of the continuation lines. I do this all the time.
----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.'
HTH
Peter
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Subject: Re: Not understanding COBOL diagnostic
So then I have to run the text out to column 72? Kind of ugly. Can't split
it logically like this programmer (not me!) has?
Charles
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