Comment

Comment specifications may appear in the body of dataset, table and array specifications. There is no limit to the number of comment specifications which may appear in each of the allowed specification bodies.

There are two allowed formats for the comment specification. The first is the single string form whose general format is given by

         comment string

where

• comment is the comment designator keyword. This is used to begin a new comment specification.
• string is the text which comprises the comment. It must be a literal string.

The second form is given by

        comment < free-format-text >

where

• comment is the comment designator keyword. This is used to begin a new comment specification.
• free-format-text is the text which which comprises the comment (delimited by and ). It may be spread over several lines.

For example:

    dataset "ds1" 
    < 
        comment "Updated on 31/12/99" 
        comment < 
           Updated on 1/12/99 
        > 
    >