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PH43730: JCL EDITOR INDICATES CHARACTER X'6A' IS UNEXPECTED WHEN VALIDATING JCL COMMENTS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • IBM Explorer for z/OS

When opening a JCL member with the JCL Editor, if a comment
line contains the character ¦ , represented in hex by x'6A',
the user might see a warning for the given line saying:
"Unexpected character ignored".

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • Character x'6A' broken pipe character on JCL editor is flagged
as unexpected character even on JCL comment

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • Character x'6A' broken pipe character was unaccounted for as a
valid token on JCL parser. Once added, fixed the error

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PH43730
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  • Reported component name
    EXP FOR Z/OS CL
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  • Reported component ID
    5655EXP00
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  • Reported release
    310
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  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
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  • Submitted date
    2022-01-28
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  • Closed date
    2022-03-03
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  • Last modified date
    2022-03-03
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    EXP FOR Z/OS CL
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  • Fixed component ID
    5655EXP00
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Document Information


            

            


                        

            Modified date:
            

            04 March 2022
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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