The rules for continuation on the Calculation specification are:
Example
*.. 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+... 7 ...+... 8
CL0N01Factor1+++++++Opcode(E)+Extended-factor2+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
C Extended-factor2-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
C EVAL MARY='Mary had a little lamb, its +
* Only a comment or a completely blank line is allowed in here
C fleece was white as snow.'
*
* Arithmetic expressions do not have continuation characters.
* The '+' sign below is the addition operator, not a continuation
* character.
C
C EVAL A = (B*D)/ C +
C 24
* The first use of '+' in this example is the concatenation
* operator. The second use is the character literal continuation.
C EVAL ERRMSG = NAME +
C ' was not found +
C in the file.'