Charles Mills wrote:
>Is anyone a COBOL syntax expert?
I'm only a programmer who occassionally write COBOL programs and giving advice
in case of more serious compiling problems.
So, I'm NOT an expert. Trust me on this one! ;-)
>The code is accepted without error by the IBM Enterprise COBOL compiler V4.1,
>Starting hint: The REMARKS paragraph heading is only a * comment and not
>syntactically significant (I think).
I can only comment about that word 'REMARKS':
As documented in Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, Compiler and Runtime Migration
Guide, Version 4 Release 1
this quote:
REMARKS paragraph OS/VS COBOL accepted the REMARKS paragraph.
Enterprise COBOL does not accept the REMARKS paragraph. As a
replacement, use comment lines beginning with an * in column 7.
Try doing the recommended replacement and then try out that pre-processor.
>00021 '******************* ************'
>00022 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *'
>00023 '* VARIOUS COMMENT-LIKE TEXT *'
I'm not sure if your problem could also be caused by appearance of the quote to
the left of the FIRST star in column 7. Try revising your comment lines? I
wonder if that quote is used to label a source line despite the star?
As I said, I'm not an expert, but hopefully above can helps you.
Groete / Greetings
Elardus Engelbrecht
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