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title: "Mainframe COBOL Debugging mode ‘D’ in 7th Column"
description: "The purpose of COBOL column 7 and how you can use it for debugging. Read more on this."
url: https://srinimf.com/2015/08/24/mainframe-cobol-debugging-mode-d-in-7th-column/
date: 2015-08-24
modified: 2026-10-10
author: "Srini"
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categories: ["COBOL"]
tags: ["COBOL Continuation", "COBOL Tips and Tricks"]
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---

# Mainframe COBOL Debugging mode ‘D’ in 7th Column

To get Display for each para instead of getting display for 2 or 3  line, you can do it by a single line of code. That is by putting ‘D’ in 7 th column to get display for entire para. If you are writing a new code, then it will be useful [to use](https://srinimf.com/2016/01/07/dslist-or-3-4-option-different-view-modes-of-data-sets/) this tip.

*****SOURCE-COMPUTER.  IBM-370.

** ** SOURCE COMPUTER IBM370.  WITH DEBUGGING MODE.

Related[COBOL -JAVA File Definition](https://srinimf.com/2013/06/25/cobol-java-file-definition/)

![Debugging](https://i0.wp.com/srinimf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/debugging.png?resize=652%2C154&ssl=1)

And give ‘D’ in the 7th column of the sentence which u want to display.

![Debugging-2](https://i0.wp.com/srinimf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/debugging-2.jpg?resize=646%2C162&ssl=1)

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