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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Error Messages > Syntax Checking Error Messages > COBCH0201 - COBCH0300 > COBCH0221 - COBCH0240 > COBCH0239 First data-name does not precede second

COBCH0239 First data-name does not precede second

You have included the syntax data-name-1 RENAMES data-name-2 THRU data-name-3 in your program, but the data item you have specified for data-name-2 is declared after the data item for data-name-3. This is not valid COBOL syntax, as data-name-2 in a THRU clause must be declared before data-name-3.

Resolution:

Check that you have specified the THRU phrase correctly.

Parent topic: COBCH0221 - COBCH0240
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