A statements data set consists of process statements that contain instructions for the SuperC program. They are similar to the process options, but are composed of a keyword and one or more operands. See Process options - select process options for information about SuperCE process options.

When you select the Edit Statements option from the SuperCE Utility Options pull-down menu, the SuperCE utility displays the statements data set you specified in the Statements Dsn field. This data set is always displayed in Edit mode, allowing you to add, change, or delete SuperC process statements as needed. Only one process statement can appear on each line of the statements data set.

The size of the Edit window depends on the number of lines your terminal can display. The sample panel shown in Figure 1 shows how the Edit window appears on a 24-line display. Examples of some common process statements are listed below the Edit window so you can easily compose the proper input line.

            USERID.SUPERC.STMTS                             Columns 00001 00072

    Enter or change Process Statements in the EDIT window below:
 ****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
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 ****** **************************** Bottom of Data ****************************


    Examples                    Explanation
 CMPCOLM 5:60  75:90         Compare using two column compare ranges
 LSTCOLM 25:90               List columns 25:90 from input
 DPLINE 'PAGE '              Exclude line if "PAGE " found anywhere on line
 SELECT  MEM1,NMEM2:OMEM2    Compare MEM1 with MEM1 and NMEM2 with OMEM2
 CMPLINE NTOP 'MACRO'        Start comparing after string found in new DSN
 LNCT    66                  Set lines per page to 66
                         - - - - -
 Others: CHNGV    CMPBOFS CMPCOLMN CMPCOLMO CMPSECT DPLINEC NCHGT
 Command ===>                                                  Scroll ===> PAGE
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F5=Rfind     F6=Rchange   F7=Up
  F8=Down      F9=Swap     F10=Left     F11=Right    F12=Cancel

The SuperC program validates process statements at run time. Invalid process statements are not used and are noted at the bottom of the listing. Unless a higher return code is required by some other condition, a return code of 4 is generated.

See Process statements for process statement syntax, definitions, and examples.