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
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 12:01 PM
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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.
Sent from my iPad
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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