COBCH1648 LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTERED expected; output phrase ignored

An OUTPUT phrase of an ACCEPT or DISPLAY statement is incomplete and therefore ignored. Add LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTERED to complete the phrase.

ACUCOBOL-GT COBOL allows an incomplete OUTPUT phrase of the form OUTPUT, JUST, or OUTPUT JUST in an ACCEPT or DISPLAY statement. In this COBOL system, any incomplete phrases are ignored.

01 accept data-01 output just.             *> ignored
01 accept data-01 just.                    *> ignored
01 accept data-01 output just right.       *> correct
01 accept data-01 output just centered.    *> correct