COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Compiler Diagnostic Messages
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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Message List
268 (Error)
Cause. NEXT SENTENCE is neither in an IF or SEARCH statement nor a
replacement for an imperative-statement.
269 (Error)
Cause. The prior statement appears in a sequence of statements, but is not the last
one in the sequence, as it must be.
270 (Error)
Cause. One of:
•
Only an integer numeric literal can appear in this context.
•
When a literal appears in this context, it must be an integer numeric literal.
271 (Error)
Cause. The reference cannot be resolved to any object that the current source
program can access. (Check the spelling of the object name and verify that all
qualifiers are correct and in the proper order.)
272 (Error)
Cause. Usually, a special register has been used as a receiving operand, which is not
allowed.
273 (Error)
Cause. References to the special register DEBUG-ITEM or any of its subordinates are
not in a debugging procedure in the Declaratives Portion of the Procedure Division, as
they must be.
Improper context for NEXT SENTENCE
Prior statement must be last in its sequence
Expected integer numeric literal
Undefined object reference
Improper context for special register
Improper context for debugging special register