Eliminating repetitive coding
To include stored source statements in a
program, use
the COPY statement in any program division and at
any code sequence level. You can nest COPY statements
to any depth.
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To specify more than one copy library, either set the
environment variable SYSLIB to multiple path names separated by a colon
(:), or define your own environment variables and include the
following phrase in the COPY statement:
IN/OF library-name
For example:
COPY MEMBER1 OF COPYLIB
If you omit this qualifying phrase, the default is SYSLIB.
COPY and debugging line: In
order for the text copied to be treated as debug lines, for example,
as if there were a D inserted in column 7, put the D on
the first line of the COPY statement. A COPY statement
cannot itself be a debugging line; if it contains a D,
and WITH DEBUGGING mode is not specified, the COPY statement
is nevertheless processed.