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pushpa
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HI
Anybody let me know
what d represents while placing it in 7 th column of a cobol program?
I tried by placing it in 7th column the compiler doesn't recognizes that statement and it won't give any error to that.
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subhasis_50
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ashcall
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hi cobol compiler recognizes only 8th column
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HI
Anybody let me know
what d represents while placing it in 7 th column of a cobol program?
I tried by placing it in 7th column the compiler doesn't recognizes that statement and it won't give any error to that.
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Robert Sample
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| ashcall, actually the compiler recognizes and uses all columns 1 through 72. Columns 1 through 6 can hold a sequence number which the compiler recognizes. Column 7 can contain an asterisk or a compiler directing code such as D or / (for debugging and page eject respectively), and COBOL statements can be between columns 8 and 72 (depending on the statement, some can only start in column 12 or later). The compiler also recognizes columns 73 through 80 but treats anything in those columns as a comment. |
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Marso
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| ashcall wrote: |
| hi cobol compiler recognizes only 8th column |
Ah, I still remember the days when col 8 was all we had:
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dick scherrer
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Ah, I still remember the days when col 8 was all we had:
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Made for an impressive number of Lines-of-Code (LOC)  |
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dick scherrer
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Hello ashcall and welcome to the forum
Please note that this topic has been inactive for 4 years.
Enjoy the forum 
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