SL - Source Line Length

This Natural profile and session parameter specifies the number of characters to be interpreted on each Natural source code line. This also applies to the line mode editor which is activated with the system command EDT.

Possible settings 20 - 250
In batch mode:

The number of characters to be processed on each line in the data sets CMSYNIN and CMOBJIN.

Note:
For details on these data sets, refer to the operating-system-specific parts of the section Natural in Batch Mode in the Operations documentation.

In online mode:

The number of characters to be interpreted when using the Natural program editor in EDT mode (as activated with the system command EDT).

Default setting 72  
Dynamic specification yes  
Specification within session yes  
Applicable statements none  
Applicable command GLOBALS  
Application programming interface USR1005N See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.

Notes:

  1. Within a Natural session, the profile parameter SL can be overridden by the session parameter SL.
  2. Under Natural Security, the setting of this parameter can be overridden by the Session Parameters option of the Library Profile.