>BLOCK CONTAINS ZERO is what I use, even though it semantically makes no sense
It's actually short for: BLOCK CONTAINS ZERO RECORDS The key word RECORDS is now optional. It wasn't 30 years ago, when I learned COBOL. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
