See the section on continuing comments in the JCL reference. http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2B670/3.4.1.3?SHELF=IEA2BK81&DT=20070427231644&CASE=
I think your next statement would have been treated as a comment if 72 was not blank. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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