| Free-Form Syntax |
Positions 8 to 80 are available
for continued names.
Do not code an ellipsis (...) at the end of the
final part of the name.
See Free-Form Definition Statement. |

A name that is up to 15 characters long can be specified in the
Name entry of the definition specification without requiring continuation.
Any name (even one with 15 characters or fewer) can be continued on multiple
lines by coding an ellipsis (...) at the end of the partial name. A name definition
consists of the following parts:
- Zero or more continued name lines. Continued name lines are identified
as having an ellipsis as the last non-blank character in the entry. The name
must begin within positions 7 to 21 and may end anywhere up to position 77
(with an ellipsis ending in position 80). There cannot be blanks between the
start of the name and the ellipsis character. If any of these conditions is
not true, the line is parsed as a main definition line.
- One main definition line, containing a name, definition attributes, and
keywords. If a continued name line is coded, the Name entry of the main definition
line may be left blank.
- Zero or more keyword continuation lines.
Figure 1. Definition Specification Continued
Name Line Layout*.. 1 ...+... 2 ...+... 3 ...+... 4 ...+... 5 ...+... 6 ...+... 7 ...+... 8 ...+... 9 ...+... 10
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