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When checking the output I get
6 IEFC662I INVALID LABEL
line 6 is this
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*

the statement as posted looks correct,
most probably the error is due to the previous statement.

and please use the code tags ( they used a fixed pith font, and make things more readable for code, jcl, sysout, data
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Thanks, this is the lines after and before
Line before

Line after

MeatHaven wrote:When checking the output I get
6 IEFC662I INVALID LABEL
line 6 is this
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*

Sorry, its occurring the line before this.
Of which is just a delimiter statement.

I would browse or edit the JCL with HEX ON; it is possible that you have a non-displayable character in the name field that is causing this error.

Appears not, I'm just gonna send what I have so far. (This is me just testing right now)

Then I have some names down and at the end is;

Well, the percent sign is certainly invalid!

As to why the message is assigned to the wrong line, I'd have to see the JES JCL listing to do more than guess wildly.

Akatsukami wrote:

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//SORT%OUT  DD  SYSOUT=*

Well, the percent sign is certainly invalid!

As to why the message is assigned to the wrong line, I'd have to see the JES JCL listing to do more than guess wildly.

Well that goes to show how far I still have to go. Anyways thanks for the help, can't believe I did that.

You only need a code tag at the start and end of block - not each line. I have fixed it up for you.

MeatHaven wrote:... Well that goes to show how far I still have to go. Anyways thanks for the help, can't believe I did that.

The JCL scanner often (more often than not, at least it seems to me, after 40+ years) reports the error on the wrong line. If you can't deduce your error where the scanner claims it found the error, backup a line or 2, and the odds are you'll find the real problem.