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"The name begins with a stem (that part of the symbol up to and including the first period)." -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Tom Conley [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 10:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx stem variable question On 1/29/2021 12:05 PM, Charles Mills wrote: >> Try value(isstepinit.userid.) = 0 > > Thanks @Tom. I will keep that in mind. I already got this program working > using somewhat different logic that avoided dependency on the nonexistent > "Rexx feature." > > Charles > Charles, First, let me apologize for posting a quick answer between production problems. As Shmuel and Gil have pointed out, I was incorrect in saying that the tail was a literal. I feel shame. I ran a number of tests to try to determine what was going on here. I also consulted every Rexx reference I could find. None of them showed initializing a stem array beyond the initial stem. While none of the references come out and say it, a.b. = 0 doesn't accomplish making a.b.c = 0, only a. = 0 will do that. This would be a good question for Mike Cowlishaw. Regards, Tom Conley ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
