One alternative I use in Rexx is to assemble a whole multi-quoted string command in a variable, making debugging a bit easier, then:- "" external_cmd where the "" ensures it is interpreted as going to the current environment, and the blank space after "" ensures a variable name such as X isn't interpreted as a hex constant ''X, which in some interpreters can be a problem.
Roops --- "Mundus sine Caesaribus" On Sat, 20 Sept 2025, 23:35 Seymour J Metz, <[email protected]> wrote: > It's more complicated than that; whichever delimiter you use, you need to > allow for doubling. > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > of Thomas Berg <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 6:17 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Edit macro CHANGE not preseriving case > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > It was a while since I had to dabble with this problem but you need to use > either "single" quote like ' or a "double" one like " depending on > what kind you want use in the search/change/other type of string usage. > > In complicated cases you may need to check wich ones that are used in the > string and where. > You may need to check if: > 1. Both kinds are used. Here you need to split the string in two (or more) > separate strings and use them as required by the application. > 2. Check which kind (if any) that are used in the string and use the other > kind for the string. > > If we ignore the no 1 (which is very situation dependant) I use to do > something like this: > > QUOTE_IT: > Parse Arg qistr > If Pos('"',qistr) > 0 Then qi = "'" /* Double quote in the input > string */ > Else qi = '"' /* Single quote in > the input string or none */ > > Return qi !! qistr !! qi > > > Thomas > > > > > > > Mundus Vult Decipi > > Den lör 20 sep. 2025 23:39Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> skrev: > > > If you want apostrophes in the command you send to ISREDIT then you need > > to either quote them or use variables that contain apostrophes, e.g., > > > > Macro is: > > /* REXX */ > > address ISREDIT > > 'macro' > > CAPS OFF > > "CHANGE 'AAA' 'Aaa' ALL" > > exit > > > > Macro is: > > /* REXX */ > > address ISREDIT > > a="'" > > 'macro' > > CAPS OFF > > CHANGE a'AAA'a a'Aaa'a ALL > > exit > > > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf > > of Phil Smith III <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2025 9:49 AM > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Edit macro CHANGE not preseriving case > > > > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > > > > Ah sorry. > > > > Rexx, from within ISPF Edit. > > > > Macro is: > > /* REXX */ > > address ISREDIT > > 'macro' > > CAPS OFF > > CHANGE 'AAA' 'Aaa' ALL > > exit > > > > (sometimes without the 'macro', or with TRACE ?R), invoked directly from > > the commandline via "macroname" or via "tso macroname", depending on what > > we're trying to test/prove. > > > > z/OS 3.1 on a zPDT using Tom Brennan's Vista 3270 on a ThinkPad T14 on my > > desk in my den in Virginia on planet Earth, sunny and 68 degrees > > Fahrenheit, both inside and out. > > > > That enough environmental information? 😊 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > > Of Paul Gilmartin > > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2025 10:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Edit macro CHANGE not preseriving case > > > > On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:06:34 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: > > > > >I just tried it, I think: > > >CAPS ON > > >PROFILE LOCK > > >PROFILE (shows LOCK and CAPS ON) > > >Then I ran the macro: no errors and the display changed to show CAPS > OFF. > > So the lock gets overridden by the macro, interesting. > > > ... > > I'm lost. Please clarify: > > Which macro language?: > > CLIST > > REXX > > Which command environment?: > > TSO > > ISPEXEC > > ISREDIT > > > > Any other possible environment queries. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
