A remark is preceded by a percent sign (%) and can appear anywhere, except within strings. When a remark is encountered, the remainder of the input record is ignored and processing of the next record begins.

Example

The following data set declaration contains five remarks:

% THIS DATA SET CONTAINS
% INVENTORY CONTROL INFORMATION
D DATA SET
 (
  % REMARKS
  A ALPHA(10);
  % can APPEAR
  R REAL; % ALMOST ANYWHERE
 );