On Thursday, 03/11/2010 at 05:39 EST, Brian Nielsen 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> The main problem to solve is still the same as the original posters'
> problem: The DASD label might contain the special characters or 
character
> 
> DASD labels of @@@@@@, ¢¢¢¢¢¢, and /* */ are all valid 

Sorry if I'm being unclear.  If you put a comment delimiter anywhere prior 
to the end of a statement, it is a syntax error, not a comment.

  OUTPUT 111 3390 ; comment

would not interpret the semicolon as a volid.

And while the characters you list are allowed, they are not valid.  The 
IBM VOL1 label standard defines the label to be A-Z and 0-9.  It permits 
other characters for compatibility, but only when placed within a quoted 
string.   I know, I know: if no one follows it, it must not be much of a 
Standard, wot?

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

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