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'''Syntax:'''  ! comment text   
'''Syntax:'''  ! comment text   
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'''Discussion:'''  The exclamation mark (!) is the comment character. It may appear anywhere in a report specification. When the report is prepared, any text following the comment character is ignored.   
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'''Discussion:'''  The exclamation mark (!) is the comment character. <br>
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It may appear anywhere in a report specification.<br>
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When the report is prepared, any text following the comment character is ignored.   
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'''History:'''  Starting with Release 01.02, the comment character may appear anywhere on the line. Previously, the comment character was only recognized in the first position on the line.   
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'''History:'''  Starting with Release 01.02, the comment character may appear anywhere on the line.<br>
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Previously, the comment character was only recognized in the first position on the line.   
'''Example:'''   
'''Example:'''   

Revision as of 11:49, 5 June 2009

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Syntax:  ! comment text

Discussion: The exclamation mark (!) is the comment character.
It may appear anywhere in a report specification.
When the report is prepared, any text following the comment character is ignored.

History: Starting with Release 01.02, the comment character may appear anywhere on the line.
Previously, the comment character was only recognized in the first position on the line.

Example:

 100   ! This report prints customer numbers and names
 200   !
 300   INPUT CUSTOMER     ! get data from customer file
 400   REPORT             ! prepare the report now
 500   ! 
 600   ! The following command prints the customer number
 700   ! and customer name
 800   !
 900   PRINT CUST.NUMBER;CUST.NAME
1000   END