** (Comment)

The ** (Comment) statement is identical to the * (Comment) statement except that, when the ILF routine is listed (using the print technical documentation option in Application Design), a top-of-page is generated before the comment is listed.

          **       ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
                   (1)

(1) Comment (text) (64 characters maximum)

Using the Statement

You can include ** (comment) statements anywhere in an ILF routine, including the beginning or end.

Restrictions

The “**” (asterisks) must be in the first two positions of the keyword area.

Statement Ignored

Comments are ignored during execution.

Related Statements

* (Comment)

Example

Notice that the second comment line has only one “*”; if it had two, each of the comments would print at the top of a new page.

          **       This statement series is a separate computation of
          *        extended price for assembled components.