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Like COBOL programs, in COBOL copybooks also, an asterisk at the seventh column will comment out the line.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

In both COBOL programs and copybooks, an asterisk in column 7 (indicator area) indicates a comment line. This is a fundamental COBOL syntax rule that applies consistently across all COBOL source files, including copybooks which are essentially COBOL code fragments that get copied into programs.

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