So too does CTC REXX:
Table 3. Comparison of Built-in Functions
Availability of Built-in Functions
Function SAA COW CMS CTC
ABBREV x x x x
ABS x x x x
ADDRESS x x x x
ARG x x x x
BITAND x x x x
BITOR x x x x
BITXOR x x x x
B2X x - - x
CENTER x x x x
CHARIN x x - x
CHAROUT x x - x
CHARS x x - x
<etc.>
On 28/04/2021 14:59, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> CMS has CHARIN, CHAROUT, CHARS, LINEIN, LINEOUT, LINES AND STREAM.
>
>
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> Subject: Re: SPF/SE.... out of business?
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> So too does CTC REXX:
>
> Availability of Built-in Functions
>
> Function SAA COW CMS CTC
> C2X x x x x
> DATATYPE x x x x
> DATE x x x x
> DELSTR x x x x
> DELWORD x x x x
> DIGITS x x x x
> D2C x x x x
> D2X x x x x
> ERRORTEXT x x x x
> FORM x x x x
> FORMAT x x x x
> FUZZ x x x x
> INSERT x x x x
> LASTPOS x x x x
> LEFT x x x x
> LENGTH x x x x
> LINEIN x x - x
> LINEOUT x x - x
> LINES x x - x
> MAX x x x x
> MIN x x x x
> OVERLAY x x x x
> POS x x x x
> QUEUED x x x x
> RANDOM x x x x
> REVERSE x x x x
> RIGHT x x x x
> SIGN x x x x
> SOURCELINE x x x x
> SPACE x x x x
> STREAM x - - x <===
> STRIP x x x x
> SUBSTR x x x x
> SUBWORD x x x x
> SYMBOL x x x x
> TIME x x x x
> TRACE x x x x
> TRANSLATE x x x x
> TRUNC x x x x
> VALUE x x x x
> VERIFY x x x x
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> On 28/04/2021 03:46, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>> On 2021-04-27, at 19:53:31, CM Poncelet wrote:
>>> Shared variable pools - as in VPUT/VGET <whatever> SHARED - are supported.
>>>
>>> CTC's SPF/PC REXX supports Mike Cowlishaw's definition, as in his "The
>>> REXX Language".
>>>
>>> Table 3. Comparison of Built-in Functions
>>>
>>>
>>> Availability of Built-in Functions
>>> Function SAA COW CMS CTC
>>> ...
>>> CHARIN x x - x
>>> CHAROUT x x - x
>>> CHARS x x - x
>>>
>> CMS is better than that. It supports the STREAM family of functions.
>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zvm/7.1?topic=functions-stream
>>> <etc.>
>> -- gil
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