What is the significance of coding sheet?

JCL coding sheet is a structure to identify from where each statement coding should start and how each one is different from other statements.

What is the significance of using the "//" symbol in JCL?

Every line in the JOB should start with null indicator(//) except the input stream (SYSIN).

What are the types of job control statements?

Each line in JOB falls under two categories based on how they coded, and those are -

1. JCL Statement.
2. JCL comment.

What is the JCL statement?

JCL statement is an active statement (without '*' in the third column) that considers as an instruction to OS.

What are the different types of JCL statements and what do they do?

JCL statements are three types -

1. JOB Statement.
2. EXEC Statement.
3. DD Statement.

What is the JCL Comment consists of?

JCL comment is an inactive statement that provides information about the task or other JCL statements.

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