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CP Preprocessor

Note: The Integrated Preprocessor is supported for native COBOL only.

The CP preprocessor is designed to be used as a stacked preprocessor. It reads and expands source files (including copybooks), plus it returns additional information to the other preprocessors in the stack about the effect of REPLACE and REPLACING. It thus removes these quite complex functions from other preprocessors.

The CP preprocessor has the following restrictions:

Parent topic: Integrated Preprocessor Interface
Related concepts
Using the CP Preprocessor to Expand Copybooks
Related information
Preprocessor Response Codes
COBOL Preprocessor Error Messages
FLAG
MF, MFLEVEL
The REPLACE Statement
The COPY Statement
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