On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:34:55 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>X.41 is not defined. All tails are dropped initially and when you assign a
>default value.
>
What's a "default value"? Are you inventing misleading terminology?
>
X.41 is defined by:
X. = "Preset"
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=symbols-stems>
..., when a stem is used as the target of an assignment, all possible
compound variables whose names begin with that stem receive the
new value,
...
By default, the value of a stem is the string consisting of the characters
of its symbol (that is, translated to uppercase).
That is the sole mention of "default" in that topic.
>________________________________________
>From: Paul Gilmartin
>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 10:51 PM
>
>X. = "Preset"
>DROP X.42
> Null = ''
> X.Null = "Empty!"
--
gil
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