Continuation lines

Continue a command or subcommand, except the SLIP subcommand of OPERATOR, on one or more lines by following this rule:

Use either a hyphen (minus sign) or a plus sign as the last character on the line you wish to continue. If you use a plus sign, precede it by at least one blank to prevent the concatenation of character strings from line to line. (The plus sign causes TSO/E to delete leading delimiters (blanks, commas, tabs, and comments on the continuation line.)

Continue the SLIP subcommand of OPERATOR on one or more lines by following this rule:

Use a blank as the last character on the line you wish to continue.

You can end a line of input anywhere except:

An equal sign and its preceding keyword must appear on the same line.
The binary indicator: (b) in the DATA keyword must appear on the same line.
The complete keyword must appear on the same line.