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/* (Comments)

Enter comments in your program. To code comments in the Identification Division, see REM.

Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

Syntax: for Format 1, code anywhere in your program

 /*     commentline

Syntax: for Format 2, code in the Procedure Division only

        /*commentline

Syntax: for Format 3, code in the Procedure Division only

program-code /*comment

Syntax: for Format 4, code in Customizer rules

%* comment

Syntax: for Format 5, code in the Data Structure Editor only

* comment
/* comment
%* comment

Comments:

Comment lines do not affect the function of a program or data structure. In the Program Painter, the last keyword entered before your comment line(s) is still in effect.
You cannot code comments within database calls, user interface calls, or Data Structure Editor constructs.
Do not use evaluation brackets in Formats 2, 3, and 4.
Begin each comment line with /* or %*.
In the Procedure Division, you can code /* anywhere in the column 12 - 72 area.
A Customizer comment (Format 4) can start in any column, as long as it is on a line by itself and is indented (we recommend four spaces) underneath the Customizer statement.

Examples:

In the Program Painter:

002000         /* S-COBOL COMMENT LINE
002010  /*     COBOL COMMENT LINE
002020  PARA   MAIN-PARA   /* S-COBOL COMMENT

In the Data Structure Editor:

-LINE- -------- Data Structure Editor -------
000001         /* WORK FIELD 1 RECORD
000002         WRK1-FIELD-1    X(5)
000003             88 OPEN-VAL   V'OPEN'
000004             88 CLOSED-VAL V'CLOSE'

Generated COBOL code:

000001  */* WORK FIELD 1 RECORD
000002   01  WRK1-FIELD-1    PIC X(5).
000003       88  OPEN-VAL    VALUE 'OPEN'.
000004       88  CLOSED-VAL  VALUE 'CLOSE'.