HP3000-L Archives

June 2001, Week 4

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Bizarre Cobol Error
From:
Curt Brimacomb <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
[log in to unmask]
Date:
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 08:40:23 -0600
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (28 lines) 
I just had a very bizarre Cobol error.

I was redoing paragraph names in the source code.  I accidentally lost a
space after the word "perform" on one line and ended up with something like
this:

       perform1020-put-record.
       perform 1220-lock-next-set.
       move "update" to status.

 1000-next-para.

the program complied with no errors, but would not run right.  I added the
one space back into the "bad" perform line.  It still compiled with no
errors, but now does run correctly.

Why did it compile with the missing space?

Curt Brimacomb
Systems Manager
Idaho Computer Services, LLC
[log in to unmask]
208-734-2245 x 114
"Never surrender to doubt"

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2