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Hi I am analysing the COBOL-DB2 code wherein I have encountered with part of cobol code as :

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?SOURCE =USREXTD ( INVOKE )
/
?SOURCE =FIDD ( INVOKE )
/
?SOURCE =FIDD ( INVOKE-11 )

Can anyone please explain the meaning of it in detail.

Thanks,
Sam

at first glance it looks like some kind of <preprocessor> control card

but the best source of information would be Your colleagues

It is not standard COBOL, so most likely it is either a package installed at your site or something written at your site for a specific purpose. If it is a package, it is pretty rare as I've never (in more than 40 years of COBOL development and support) heard of a ?SOURCE statement. As otherwise stated, your BEST information source will be your coworkers. It is unlikely that you will find out anything about that structure on this -- or any -- forum.