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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015 > General Reference > Error Messages > Syntax Checking Error Messages > COBCH1001 - COBCH1100 > COBCH1001 - COBCH1020 > COBCH1004 Continuation character expected. End of literal assumed

COBCH1004 Continuation character expected. End of literal assumed

The literal in the previous line of source code is not delimited by quotation marks, so your COBOL system is expecting a continuation character in column 7, and a continuation of the literal. Your COBOL system has assumed that you meant to end the literal on the previous line.
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