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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse (Windows) > General Reference > Error Messages > Syntax Checking Error Messages > COBCH1701 - COBCH1800 > COBCH1741 - COBCH1760 > COBCH1744 Source line number truncated after max bytes

COBCH1744 Source line <number> truncated after <max> bytes

The source line indicated by <number> has exceeded the maximum source line length supported by the compiler, and has resulted in non-space bytes being truncated.

As of 2014, the value of <max> is always 256. The indicated source line needs to be split into two or more lines, none of which may exceed <max> bytes in length. When a source line is truncated, this frequently causes additional syntax errors unless the truncation happens in a comment line or after the start of an in-line comment.

Note: This error message is usually shown just preceding the line that was truncated.
Parent topic: COBCH1741 - COBCH1760
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