Thanks to all who replied.  I knew a COBOL question would wake up the crowd.



I had forgotten about the single quote option and ended up using good old brute force to have my way.



Ernie



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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janet Hiller

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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Fun with COBOL



Isn't the word quote a reserved word you can use in working storage?

Pic x value quote.



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Janet Hiller  ‗^..^‗



On Sep 3, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Lars Appel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



Newton, Ernie wrote:

> How do I create the "," between item one and item two?  Is it simply

> PIC "","" (quote comma quote inside double quotes?)



Ernie,



I believe you can use different quotation marks like '","'

or duplicate the "inside" quotes for escaping like """,""""



See http://www.hpmmsupport.com/MPE%20Manual/5000/B3150090013.11820/14.htm



-> Single and Double Quotation Marks in Nonnumeric Literals Embedded

-> Quotation Marks in Nonnumeric Literals



Lars.



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