A fast test with Enterprise COBOL 3.4.1 got an error message:
1PP 5655-G53 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 3.4.1 ABEND0C7 Date
08/03/2012 Time 10:48:07 Page 5
LineID PL SL
----+-*A-1-B--+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7-|--+----8
Map and Cross Reference
0 000056 ' IS THIS A COMMENT?
'
==000056==> IGYDS1089-S "' IS THIS A COMMENT?
'" was
invalid. Scanning was resumed at the next area "A"
item, level-number,
or the start of the next clause.
And my "gut feeling" is that such a construct is indeed invalid. What are a few
of the lines above these lines?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 10:41 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Is this valid COBOL syntax?
>
> Is anyone a COBOL syntax expert? Is the following valid?
> (It's not a trick
> question: there are no obscure PARM= options and nothing
> remarkable precedes
> the fragment below.) It's not an academic question. The code
> is accepted
> without error by the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler V4.1, but not by a
> proprietary pre-processor, and I'm trying to figure out if
> the code should
> change or if the preprocessor is in error. Changing the code
> is not trivial:
> multiple programs like this, corporate change control
> processes, etc., etc.
>
>
>
> I think it's invalid, that the '.' strings are syntactically-invalid
> character literals. Am I missing something?
>
>
>
> Starting hint: The REMARKS paragraph heading is only a *
> comment and not
> syntactically significant (I think).
>
>
>
> Best viewed in a fixed-width font like Courier. FYI if you
> can't view it
> that way, the leading quote in lines 20-23 is in CC 12 and
> the trailing
> quote in CC 72.
>
>
>
> Card columns:
>
> 1 2 3 6 7
>
> 1234567890123456789012345678901...0123456789012
>
>
>
> 00020 *REMARKS.
>
> 00021 '******************* ************'
>
> 00022 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *'
>
> 00023 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *'
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
> Charles
>
>
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