Special lines

Special lines can be divided into two categories:

Edit profile lines. The values associated with these lines are stored in your edit profile.
=PROF>

Contains the settings of the individual edit modes. This line is not saved as part of your data set or member. See Edit modes for more information.

=TABS>

Defines tab positions. This line is not saved as part of your data set or member.

=MASK>

Can contain data to be inserted into your data set or member when you use the I (insert) line command. This line is not saved as part of your data set or member.

=BNDS>

Specifies left and right boundaries that are used by other commands. This line is not saved as part of your data set or member.

=COLS>

Identifies the columns in a line.
The column identification line can be saved as part of the data set or member if you use the MD (make dataline) line command to convert it to a data line.
Message lines, note lines, and information lines. These lines are not saved as part of the data set or member unless you use the MD (make dataline) line command to convert them to data lines.
==MSG>

Message lines inform you of changes to the edit profile. These changes are caused by inconsistencies between the data to be edited and the edit profile settings. Message lines also warn you that the UNDO command is not available when edit recovery is off.
You can insert message lines manually by using an edit macro that contains the LINE_AFTER and LINE_BEFORE assignment statements.

=NOTE=

Note lines display information when you insert edit models. However, these lines do not appear if the edit profile is set to NOTE OFF.
You can insert note lines manually by using an edit macro that contains the LINE_AFTER and LINE_BEFORE assignment statements.

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Temporary information lines are lines you can add to provide temporary information that is not saved with the data. They can be inserted into an edit session by using an edit macro containing the LINE_AFTER and LINE_BEFORE assignment statements.