On Mon, 14 May 2018 20:21:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>
>> And if BAR || '2' is an assigned variable
>
>The statement in question was
>
> x =value('foo.'bar'2')
>
>It has nothing to do with a variable called BAR2, but rather a variable called
>BAR.
>
Read what I wrote. Not the variable called "BAR2", but the variable called
"value
(not name) of BAR with digit 2 appended. We had this discussion several years
ago; you were wrong then; you remain wrong now.
Sample Rexx code:
trace R
signal on novalue
BAR = 'Wombat'
drop WOMBAT2
say '==>' value( 'foo.'bar'2' )
WOMBAT2 = 'XYZZY'
say '==>' value( 'foo.'bar'2' )
And output, traced:
2 *-* signal on novalue
3 *-* BAR = 'Wombat'
5 *-* drop WOMBAT2
6 *-* say '==>' value( 'foo.'bar'2' )
>V> "Wombat"
==> FOO.WOMBAT2
8 *-* WOMBAT2 = 'XYZZY'
9 *-* say '==>' value( 'foo.'bar'2' )
>V> "Wombat"
==> FOO.XYZZY
>> For safety, you need to:
>> TAIL = bar'2'
>> X = foo.TAIL
>
>ITYM for safety you need to use the value() BIF.
>
No, I meant what I said.
-- gil
>> How about in JCL?
>
>Yes, I use inline data in JCL, but a lot less than when I was dealing with
>cards. Most of the inline data that I've seen in the last few decades
>shouldn't have been inline.
>
???
-- gil
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