What is the limit for WHEN CLAUSE in the EVALUATE statement?

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What is the limit for WHEN CLAUSE in the EVALUATE statement?

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Hi,

What is the limit for WHEN CLAUSE in the EVALUATE statement? I searched it but miss to get the details, can you please point me or guide.
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Re: What is the limit for WHEN CLAUSE in the EVALUATE statem

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The Enterprise COBOL Language Reference manual has Appendix B, Compiler Limits. In it you will find EVALUATE ... WHEN is limited to 256 clauses.
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Re: What is the limit for WHEN CLAUSE in the EVALUATE statem

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Thanks Robert. Thanks for reference also, much appreciate your way of telling it.
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