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CSC

The Continuation Start Column (CSC) option specifies the starting column number for the first keyword on each JCL statement line.

This option has the following format:

CSC=column-number

column-number

Defines a value from 4 through 16. The default is Column 16.

For JCL containing the operator, the CSC is the ending column of the operator + 1 if the specified column is not available.

Additionally, the following statement level options for each specific JCL statement are available:

• CSCJ—for JOB statements
• CSCEX—for EXEC statements
• CSCDD—for DD statements
• CSCIF—for IF/ELSE/ENDIF statements
• CSCIN—for INCLUDE statements
• CSCJL—for JCLLIB statements
• CSCOP—for OUTPUT statements
• CSCPR—for PROC/PEND statements
• CSCS—for SET statements
• CSCCN—for CNTL/PRINTDEV/ENDCNTL statements

If a statement level option is not specified, JCLNeat uses the associated global option value. If a statement level option is specified, this value overrides the associated global option value.

Note: JCLNeat overrides CSC when a reformatted JCL statement cannot contain a single keyword parameter and its data. See the CEC option for a description of this processing logic.