M204.2490
M204.2490 Illegal assignment to static %variable
An attempt was made to assign a value to a variable declared with the STATIC attribute. STATIC variables may not be the target of an assignment statement, and they may not be used as INOUT or OUTPUT subroutine parameters for a complex subroutine.
Response: If the variable needs to be modified, remove the STATIC attribute from the declaration. Otherwise, remove or change the assignment statement.
Message attributes:
| RETCODEO=0 | Sets online return code |
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| RETCODEB=4 | Sets batch (single user) return code |
| CLASS=E | Error class; the message can be suppressed with the X'04' bit setting of the MSGCTL parameter |
| AUDITER | Writes the message with line type ER to the audit trail |
| COUNT | Increments the error count (ERCNT) parameter |
| ECHO | Displays the line that caused the error |