As others have requested clarification, I thought I will still supply my $0.02.
Is what you are attempting to do, is this? /* REXX */ . . . /* --StartHex-- ABFE049F......... <strings in 2 character hexadecimal format> . . . . --EndHex-- */ StartFlag=0 EndFlag=0 Do i = 1 to 999 UNTIL EndFlag Linein=SORCELINE(i) If LineIn = "--StartHex--" THEN StartFlag=1 If LineIn = "--EndHex--" THEN EndFlag=1 . . . . END /* Do i=1 to 999 UNTIL EndFlag */ /* I like to mark my "END" statements with what it is associated with */ Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 UFIT University of Florida (352) 273-1298 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Rexx and hex data strings I am trying to include a large ammount of hex (and unexpected) data in the program. each line is 80 bytes in length. As Rexx allowes a longer then 80 bytes line of code, there is no problem to put each line into a variable, but I have about 800 lines to include... any idea how to make a block in the program an accssible comment? Best, ITschak *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software | * *|* *Email**: [email protected] **|* *Mob**: +972 522 986404 **|* *Skype**: ItschakMugzach **|* *Web**: www.Securiteam.co.il **|* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
