Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+, Pathway/iTS 1.0+)

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Clauses in Message Description Entry
MESSAGE-DELIMITER Clause
The MESSAGE-DELIMITER clause defines the character(s) used to delimit the
message’s end. You can use this clause to define a message delimiter that matches the
message delimiter that your program expects. The default message delimiter is two
slashes (//).
The MESSAGE-DELIMITER clause can also disable processing of the message
delimiter. You can disable processing of the message delimiter if message delimiters
are not expected in the message format.
char-code
is any single ASCII character in quotation marks or is a number from 0 through 255.
This number is the decimal representation of the desired ASCII or EBCDIC
character. For example, 80 represents the character P in ASCII or the character
& in EBCDIC.
OFF
disables processing of delimiters at message level. The following rules apply:
•
To use message delimiters, you must specify FIXED-DELIMITED or
DELIMITED in the MESSAGE FORMAT clause.
•
If you omit the MESSAGE-DELIMITER clause, message delimiter processing
is enabled and the default message delimiter is two slashes (//).
•
When dealing with the data stream on a message level, you can use the
MESSAGE-DELIMITER clause with the RESULTING COUNT clause. Refer
to the RESULTING COUNT clause for details.
10 Numeric source does not match picture Yes Yes
11 Numeric value overflow during conversion Yes Yes
16 Field is absent Yes No
MESSAGE-DELIMITER [ IS ] { char-code [ , char-code ] }
{ OFF }
Table 5-11. Relevant SEND MESSAGE Edit Advisory Error
Numbers (page 2 of 2)
Applies to
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Error Number Meaning Input Output