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As per COBOL coding standards what is the meaning of an asterisk in column 7?

  1. Indicates start of a new line

  2. Indicates the line is commented

  3. Indicates the continuation of the previous line

  4. None of the above
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Explanation

In COBOL's fixed-format coding standard, column 7 is the indicator area. An asterisk (*) in column 7 indicates that the entire line is a comment and should be ignored by the compiler. Column 1-6 are for line numbers, column 7 is indicator, column 8-11 are Division A/area A, and column 12-72 are Division B/area B for code.

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