Continuation character expected

[Anonymous]

help i have symilar code in the same file that is not trigering the error.
i am getting the following error.
line 111 ends pos-72
line 112 starts pos-7
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109 01 WS-CRT-LINES.
110 03 WS-TOP-LNE2.
111 05 WS-TCR PIC X(80) VALUE "┌──────────────────────────
112 -"───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐".
113
114 03 WS-TP-LINE2 REDEFINES WS-TOP-LNE2.
gnuCOBOL 2.0
compiled 2.3.2016
windows 10 32bit
D:\gnucobol\bin\cobc.EXE -x -o ..\build-Dev\ttmenu\ttmenu.exe -std=cobol2002 -debug -IE:\TruckTrack\copybooks -IE:\TruckTrack\copybooks\fde ttmenu.cbl
ttmenu.cbl (114): Error: Continuation character expected
ttmenu.cbl (201): Error: Continuation character expected

[Simon Sobisch]

Hi Anon, just some guessing:

• line 112 may end after program-text area
• the file may be saved in UTF-8 or other multi-byte encodings

And a suggestion what to do:

• add -W to your command line and investigate the additional hints cobc gives you
• if this doesn't help you: create a minimal sample and add it as attachment

What is the exact output from cobc -V?

Simon

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[Bill Woodger]

If at leas the last two characters of line 112 were truncated, that's the sort of error message you'd get, so I second Simon's point, but can't see from what you've posted how it would happen.

I dislike trying to count lots of identical characters, so I'd do the defintion something like this:

05 WS-TCR 
    10  PIC X VALUE "┌"
    10  PIC X(something) VALUE ALL "_".
    10  PIC X VALUE "┐"
    10  PIC X(if necessary to get to 80) VALUE SPACE.

I'd space it more neatly, and probably use FILLER, but it's only an example.

I avoid use of continuations except for fun.

[Anonymous]

hello
used the -w and then the -V and it did not give any other hints that were usefull.
i did use your suggestion and so far it worked.
Thank you

[Simon Sobisch]

As I've wrote before: Please add the not working source as attachement as I want to review this issue.

Thank you,
Simon