Each message issued by the
compiler has a source line number, a message identifier, and
message text.
Each message has the following form:
nnnnnn IGYppxxxx-l message-text
- nnnnnn
- The number of the source statement of the last line that the
compiler was processing.
Source statement numbers are listed on the
source printout of your program.
If you specified the NUMBER option at compile time, the numbers are the original
source program numbers.
If you specified NONUMBER, the numbers are those generated by the
compiler.
- IGY
- A prefix that identifies that the message was issued by the
COBOL compiler.
- pp
- Two characters that identify which phase or subphase of the
compiler detected the condition that resulted in a message.
As an application programmer, you
can ignore this information.
If you are diagnosing a suspected
compiler error, contact IBM for support.
- xxxx
- A four-digit number that identifies the message.
- l
- A character that indicates the severity level of the message: I,
W, E, S, or U.
- message-text
- The message text; for an error message, a
short explanation of the condition that caused the error.
Tip: If you used the FLAG option to suppress messages, there might be
additional errors in your program.