Problem:

We are doing a conversion from HP COBOL to ACUCOBOL-GT.  We have code in the copylib file like below:

001400 01 [1]LOCN-M.

LOCNM

001500    05 [1]LOCN-ID                 &nbsp ;   PIC  X(6).

LOCNM

001600    05 [1]DESCRIPTION                 P IC  X(30)

LOCNM

001700    05 [1]LOCN-TYPE                 &nb sp; PIC  X(4).

LOCNM

001800    05 [1]REP-DRD.

LOCNM

001900       10 [1]REP-DIVISION.

LOCNM

002000          15 [1]REP-DIVISION-1B       PIC  X(1).

LOCNM

002100          15 [1]REP-DIVISION-2B       PIC  X(1).

LOCNM

002200       10 [1]REP-REGION.

LOCNM

002300          15 [1]REP-REGION-1B         PIC  X(1).

LOCNM

And the copy replacing statement in the program is:

COPY LOCNM OF "." REPLACING ==[1]== BY ==LCM-==.

When compiled with the -cp option, a syntax error message is encountered and it looks like the copy replacing did not work:

line 5: syntax error scanning LOCN-M LOCNM,

line 6: syntax error scanning LOCN-ID LOCNM,

line 7: syntax error scanning DESCRIPTION LOCNM,

line 8: syntax error scanning LOCN-TYPE LOCNM,

line 9: syntax error scanning REP-DRD LOCNM,

line 10: syntax error scanning REP-DIVISION LOCNM,

line 11: syntax error scanning REP-DIVISION-1B LOCNM,

line 12: syntax error scanning REP-DIVISION-2B LOCNM,

line 13: syntax error scanning REP-REGION LOCNM,

line 14: syntax error scanning REP-REGION-1B LOCNM,

This compiles correctly with HP COBOL.

Resolution:

The [  ] delimiters are not valid delimiters recognized by the ACUCOBOL-GT compiler.

In addition to the use of single and double quotes to delimit the substring, the following delimiters are also allowed:

==(XYZ)==

==|XYZ|==  (in HP COBOL compatibility mode)

==*XYZ*==

==:XYZ:==

==XYZ*==

==XYZ&==

==XYZ#==

Changing the copybook to look like this:

001200******************************************************************

LOCNM

001300*

LOCNM

001400 01 |1|LOCN-M.

LOCNM

001500    05 |1|LOCN-ID                 &nbsp ;   PIC  X(6).

LOCNM

001600    05 |1|DESCRIPTION                 P IC  X(30).

LOCNM

001700    05 |1|LOCN-TYPE                 &nb sp; PIC  X(4).

LOCNM

001800    05 |1|REP-DRD.

LOCNM

001900       10 |1|REP-DIVISION.

LOCNM

002000          15 |1|REP-DIVISION-1B       PIC  X(1).

LOCNM

002100          15 |1|REP-DIVISION-2B       PIC  X(1).

LOCNM

002200       10 |1|REP-REGION.

LOCNM

002300          15 |1|REP-REGION-1B         PIC  X(1).

LOCNM

and the copy replacing line to look like this:

copy LOCNM2 of "." replacing ==|1|== by ==LCM==.

no errors are encounted when compiling.