So put a comment statement

*                     CONTINUE

Or make a CONTINUE macro

                  MACRO  , 
                  CONTINUE ,
                  MEND  ,

On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:26:18 -0400 Dave Clark <[email protected]>
wrote:

:>"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" <[email protected]> wrote on 
:>09/25/2023 05:55:23 PM:
:>> Just put another WHEN right after it.
:>> 
:>> 
:>>       SELECT
:>>            WHEN   1
:>>                  something
:>>            WHEN  2
:>>            WHEN  3
:>>                  something
:>>        ENDSEL ,
:>> 
:>> No need for a placeholder instruction.
:>
:>
:>        Thanks.  Yes, that would work but I don't like how it looks. 
:>Because, to a COBOL programmer, it looks like an OR condition as it is in 
:>COBOL.  I wanted the placeholder instruction so that even a COBOL 
:>programmer won't mistake the intent.
:>
:>
:>Sincerely,
:>
:>Dave Clark

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