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Lucky for me I've only ever used a punch card for a bookmark.

If the increase it past 80 columns it would be nice, maybe just make a
compiler directive or something since there is a lot of code out there
with comments in column 80. So for those that want to go past they ca.


Thanks
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Hi, Bryce:

My mistake ... it looks like the compiler cuts off at column 80,
regardless of /free or not. :-o

I misinterpreted the error messages I was seeing in the listing. I
revised the test case, and ran more tests, and now I can clearly see
that it does not like RPG /free statements that extend beyond column
80. D'Oh! :-o

Perhaps we should all open DCRs for this?

80 columns, how quaint. Just like punched-cards on the old IBM
mainframes! ;-)

Cheers,

Mark S. Waterbury

Bryce Martin wrote:
I created a source physical file with record length of 240 but it still
only let me code to column 80. Everything after that was just a comment

to the compiler. Are you using a compiler directive or something?


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Hi, David:

A quick experiment reveals that you can use up to 100 columns for source

code for /free format. This is true for source physical files (where you

can create a record length up to about 240 for use with SEU), and for
stream files (where there is no imposed limit.)

From what I can tell, from error messages generated and the compiler
listing, it appears to actually "cut off" at around column 103 ...? :-o

All the best,

Mark

> David Gibbs wrote:

Although I haven't tried it, I suspect the same limitations apply. I

doubt the parser is different when using a stream file.

david




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