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Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 Update 2 for Eclipse (Windows) > General Reference > Error Messages > Syntax Checking Error Messages > COBCH0301 - COBCH0400 > COBCH0321 - COBCH0340 > COBCH0322 Cannot reference DEBUG-ITEM outside declaratives

COBCH0322 Cannot reference DEBUG-ITEM outside declaratives

You have referred to your COBOL system-generated data item DEBUG-ITEM in a procedure that is not in the Declaratives Section of your program's Procedure Division. References to DEBUG-ITEM are permitted only in the Declaratives Section.

Resolution:

Delete the reference to DEBUG-ITEM, or move it to the Declaratives Section.

Parent topic: COBCH0321 - COBCH0340
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