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> On May 2, 2023, at 07:20, Rupert Reynolds <rreyno...@cix.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Alternative POV: I gave up on TSO command format ages ago (where that
> doesn't conflict with other people) and use *nix-style arguments.
>
> In VM/CMS where Rexx got started everything after "(" is processed as
> options
>
> For my own use I accept some limitations of parse. Either every argument is
> forced upper case or lower, or the keywords are case sensitive.
>
> parse upper arg "-UNIT" " " unitt rest 1 "-STU" " " stuff rest
>
> That sets unitt and stuff regardless of the order they are given. (I look
> for options such as -help and -debug separately).
>
> Doing it like that I can use -UNIT or -UNITTEST, but in truth it would
> equally accept
> -UNITBANANA as long as it's followed by a space and then a filename ended
> by another space (or end of string).
>
> So saying, long ago I had success simply repairing any missing ")" during
> verification of TSO format arguments :-)
>
> Roops
>
>> On Tue, 2 May 2023, 00:30 Frank Swarbrick, <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The following is a simplified version of some code from IBM's CEEBLDTX,
>> placed in to an EXEC I've named PARENS:
>>
>> Parse Arg option
>> Parse Var option varOpt '(' valueOpt ')'
>> Say varOpt
>> Say valueOpt
>>
>> This handles a simple dataset name, e.g.:
>>
>> Test1: PARENS COBOL(TEST):
>> Results1:
>> COBOL
>> TEST
>>
>> But it doesn't work for a PDS member to following, also surrounded by
>> parentheses:
>>
>> Test2: PARENS COBOL(TEST(MEMBER))
>> Results2:
>> COBOL
>> TEST(MEMBER
>>
>> Any simple REXX parse option to handle this, or do I need to resort to
>> more complex REXX? Or do I just add a trailing paren if there is a leading
>> one in valueOpt? Perhaps that's the simples answer.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
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