Can I continue a control word longer than 1 line?

Question

How can I continue a control word which is longer than 1 line?

Answer

  You can't. The maximum input line length is 256 characters, counting the
  control word. The best you can do is something like this:

     .se line17 = 'string with up to 256 characters'
     .se line18 = 'string with up to 256 characters'
     .se line19 = 'string with up to 256 characters'
     .se line20 = 'string with up to 256 characters'
     .se line21 = 'string with up to 256 characters'
     .ce &line17. &line18. &line19. &line20. &line21.

  This will work for text but not for control word parameters.

  Remember not to have any symbol result in a line with a record length >
  255.  Residual text on tags can only be up to 250 characters.

Last updated: 93/08/24 17:17:31