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Carriage Control Statements

The SKIP and EJECT statements are used to format the Integrated Data Dictionary Activity List. These control statements are not printed and do not affect the operation of the DDDL compiler.

SKIP Statement

The SKIP statement inserts one, two, or three blank lines between any two DDDL source statements. SKIP can also be used in an online session to create a single blank line.

Syntax for the SKIP statement is SKIPcount. Count is the number 1, 2, or 3 (for example, SKIP2).

SKIP1/2/3 specifies that the DDDL compiler is to insert 1, 2, or 3 blank lines in the Integrated Data Dictionary Activity List following the line on which the SKIP statement appears.

The following rules apply to the SKIP statement:

• The specified integer cannot be separated from the keyword SKIP. SKIP1 is valid; SKIP 1 is invalid.
• The keyword SKIP must be by itself on the line.
• If the keyword SKIP appears within module source code that is the object of an INSERT or REPLACE instruction, the DDDL compiler interprets SKIP as part of the module source code.

EJECT Statement

The EJECT statement specifies advancement of the paper to the top of a new page before printing the next source statement. Typically, EJECT is used to format the Integrated Data Dictionary Activity List by entity type.

Syntax for the EJECT statement is simply EJECT. The following rules apply to the EJECT statement:

• The keyword EJECT must be by itself on the line.
• If the keyword EJECT appears within module source code that is the object of an INSERT or REPLACE instruction, the DDDL compiler interprets EJECT as part of the module source code.