"David Frank" <dave_frank@hotmail.com> writes: >
> "robin" <robin_v@bigpond.mapson.com> wrote in message
> news:QX83f.16078$U51.8165@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > "David Frank" <dave_frank@hotmail.com> writes: >
> >> "Tim C." <tim.challenger@aon.at> wrote in message
> >> news:1129099985.7d7d28dc8e45d17fc92b6c7cbe695389@teranews...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > dcl chrstr char(*) controlled;
> >> >
> >> > allocate chrstr char(500000);
> >> >
> >>
> >> So use that construct and translate below...
> >>
> >> 16. CANT declare character variable with length = 50k
> >> ! ----------------------
> >> program show_big_string_support
> >> character(50000) :: big_string
> >> big_string(50000-10 = 'Hello World'
> >> write (*,*) big_string(50000-10
> >> end program
> >> Output: you guessed it!!
> >
> > I have demonstrated this before in PL/I.
>
> Ahhh, the fav phrase from your ELIZABOT ...
>
> Note: I use 5 statements above but you will expend a 100 lines of blather in
> dozens of replies without showing us anything,

I showed the code before.