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Carriage Control Statements

SKIP and EJECT Statements

The SKIP and EJECT carriage control statements are used to format the CA IDMS/DC SYSGEN Compiler Activity List. SKIP directs the compiler to insert one, two, or three blank lines in the listed output. EJECT directs the compiler to continue printing the listed output on a new page. Typically, EJECT is used to format the CA IDMS/DC SYSGEN Compiler Activity List by entity type. These statements are not printed, nor do they affect the operation of the system generation compiler.

When used online, both SKIP and EJECT cause the compiler to insert a single blank line in the displayed output.

Code SKIP and EJECT Between Statements

The SKIP and EJECT statements can be coded between any two system generation statements, but each must be the only statement in the input line. These statements do not include a terminating period.

Syntax for the SKIP and EJECT statements is shown below. The keyword SKIP and the specified integer cannot be separated. For example, SKIP1 is valid; SKIP 1 is invalid.