Tom, In your case, the book says For all other JCL statements, you can continue the parameter field or the comments field on the JCL statement. If you continue both the parameter field and the comments field on the same card image, the system ignores the indication to continue the comment. How you continue a parameter field depends on whether or not the parameter is enclosed in apostrophes.
By ending the parameter field of the first card with a comma, you were continuing the parameter field and not the comments field. --Roger IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 09/26/2008 03:32:02 PM: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:36:25 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote: > > >On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:36:31 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote: > >> > >>Here it is again: > >> > >> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi- > bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2B670/3.4.1.3? > SHELF=IEA2BK81&DT=20070427231644&CASE= > > >On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:06:20 -0500, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > >>What does it mean by "interrupted parameter field"? > > > >A picture is worth... > > > >//ASMH EXEC PGM=ASMA90,PARM=(OBJECT,NODECK, THIS IS A COMMENT > >// NOESD,NORLD,NOXREF) > > > So, following Tom's citation and your example, I coded: > > //* 72 > //SYSLIB DD DISP=SHR, This begins a comment x > // remainder of comment, > // DSN=SYS1.MACLIB > > ... following an interrupted parameter field with a nonblank > character in column 72 and "// " in columns 1-3 of the following > record, followed by the rest of the comment. I got: > > ********************************* TOP OF DATA ************************** > STMT NO. MESSAGE > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER r ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER e ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER m ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER a ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER i ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER n ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER d ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER e ON THE DD STATEMENT > 6 IEFC620I UNIDENTIFIABLE CHARACTER r ON THE DD STATEMENT > 7 IEFC605I UNIDENTIFIED OPERATION FIELD > ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ************************ > > Where did I go wrong? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
