Question on Program-ID in COBOL.

[Kapil Sharma]

Hello,

We're converting some of the EZT programs to COBOL using IBM Migration Utility. While doing so, I go tthe following error from the converted program:

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            IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 
            PROGRAM-ID. @ABCSPGM. 

IGYDS0027-S Non-COBOL character(s) were found starting with "@" in column 20. 

            AUTHOR. NOAUTHOR. 
            ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. 
            CONFIGURATION SECTION.

I didn't think the @ sign would be an issue but appraently it is. The PGMNAME compliler option is COMPAT.

I've made a manual change but for a reference, can not I use non-alphanumeric characters in the program name?

Thanks!

[nicc]

What does the manual say about this?

[William Collins]

Yes it is in the manual, for the first character of the program-name there are additional limits.