On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 03:33:18 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote:
>You said, "It isn't boolean; everything in REXX is a character string."
>�
>I agree that "it's all strings", but not that "everything in REXX is a
>*character* string."
>�
Persuing the Rexx Reference, SA32-0972-40, I find various instances
of "character string" to mean strings for which DATATYPE() would
not return CHAR. Particularly:
Numbers:
These are *character* strings consisting of one or more decimal digits,
...
(emphasis added)
What's your motivation and the motivation of the recondite
examples you supplied (which I deleted) other than to
dispute Shmuel's reasonable assertion.
Would you consider an RCF to the Ref. requesting a clarification of
"character string"
>> On 07/09/2020 06:52, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>>> It isn't boolean; everything in REXX is a character string.
-- gil
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