John, Like a Rexx arg implied function ....
Scott On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 10:42 AM John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:33 AM Michel Beaulieu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On z/VM and my RHEL 7 laptop, I have this tool that I use. > > Perhaps you can extend it to fit your purpose. > > On a command line, I type: > > calc <rexx statement> > > > > [<mydir>]$ cat ~/sbin/calc > > #!/usr/bin/rexx > > /* REXX */ > > trace errors > > rc = 0 > > PARSE ARG expr > > IF expr <> '' THEN DO > > numeric digits 20 > > interpret 'Say' expr > > EXIT > > end > > > > exit rc > > > > === > > I hope this helps! > > > > Yes, I guess that I could write a REXX script which itself does what I want > the "rexx" command to do. I was thinking of writing something in C or > HLASM. But doing it in REXX itself would likely be easier. The only > "problem" might be in how large a REXX program the "INTERPRET" command can > do. And there are some exclusions, e.g. no labels and so no SIGNAL <label>. > > > > > > > Michel Beaulieu > > IBM Services (Canada) > > |*| > > > > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
