継けい続ぞく文ぶん

noun

continuation statement; continued statement

In programming, a statement that continues a previous one, often used in languages like COBOL or Fortran where a line can be continued on the next line.

• COBOLでは、行ぎょうの終おわりにハイフンを置おくと継けい続ぞく文ぶんになる。

  In COBOL, placing a hyphen at the end of a line makes it a continuation statement.