Comment Statement
Comment Statement Format
In addition to the comments field of any JCL statement, comments can be added to a job in a comment statement. You may use a comment statement to help clarify a confusing JCL statement or to identify the purpose or operation of a job. You should also place comments at the beginning of the job (after the job statement) to indicate who wrote the job, when it was written, and to explain what the job does. The entire comment is ignored when the job is processed and does not affect the output. A comment is identified by slashes in positions 1 and 2 and an asterisk in position 3.
Example (A caret (^) indicates a space.):
//*^^^THIS IS A COMMENT
Example:
//***************************************************//* This is an example of a comment. *//* The additional asterisks in this comment are *//* not necessary but they help to offset it so *//* that it is easy to spot with a quick glance. *//***************************************************
