> Is that always true? Yes. In the IRRXUTIL documentation, 'stem' refers to the stem that you passed and 'stem.PREFIX_CHAR' refers to a compound variable with that stem and a tail of 'PREFIX_CHAR'..
> Is IBM using stem and compound variable synonymously? Well, "stem examples" is certainly sloppy language, but I didn't read it that way. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Steve Horein [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx stem variable question > > > Userid = "FTPD" > > IsStepInit.Userid. = "0" > > "FTPD." is the tail. The stem end at the first period. > Is that always true? https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.icha300/ich2a3_RRSF_stem_variables_created_by_IRRXUTIL.htm Is IBM using stem and compound variable synonymously? Or is it a square/rectangle situation? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
