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PH14985: IBM DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS (IDZ) : INCORRECT COBOL EDITOR WARNING "THE VALUE IS TOO LONG FOR THE DATA ELEMENT"

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • IBM Developer for z Systems - IDz - v14.1.7

Description :
To be able to insert a quote " in a string value in " " you need
to
double this double quote but the Cobol parser does not take this
syntax into account and considers both of them as a single
character.
For example, if a variable is defined as followed :
01  name1 PIC X(40)
            VALUE "%Ã
äâÄÂéèëêËÊïîÏÎöôÖÔùüûÜÛç_.,:/!;?'""()[]"
.
the Cobol parser will count 41 characters instead of 40.
A warning is displayed on the VALUE line with "The value is too
long for the data element"

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • The problem is that value is seen as too long of 41 characters
rather than 40 as specified in the PIC clause.

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • The problem for the file was fixed.

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PH14985
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  • Reported component name
    DEV FOR Z SYS
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  • Reported component ID
    5724T0700
    • 

  • Reported release
    E10
    • 

  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
    • 

  • PE
    NoPE
    • 

  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
    • 

  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
    • 

  • Submitted date
    2019-07-26
    • 

  • Closed date
    2019-12-10
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  • Last modified date
    2019-12-10
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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    DEV FOR Z SYS
    • 

  • Fixed component ID
    5724T0700
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Document Information


            

            


                        

            Modified date:
            

            27 October 2020
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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