z/OS DFSORT Messages, Codes and Diagnosis Guide
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ICE616A

z/OS DFSORT Messages, Codes and Diagnosis Guide
SC23-6879-00

ICE616A
STATEMENT DOES NOT END AT OR BEFORE COLUMN 72

Explanation

Critical. The statement overran column 72, or a string contained unmatched quotes.

System action

This operation is terminated.

Programmer response

Recode the statement to end at or before column 72. Continuation can be indicated by a hyphen (-) after the operator or any operand. For example:
SORT FROM(INDD) -
     USING(ABCD) -
     TO(OUTPUT1,OUTPUT2,OUTPUT3)

Ensure that all quotes are matched as this message can also result from unmatched quotes in a string, for example, TITLE('Status Report).

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