No, in many cases you can use compound variables to avoi9d using value(). The two ugly issues for converting CLIST to REXX are keyword parameters and the stack interface (see DATA PROMPT).
VARNX = VARN.VARN.GLCV if VARNX = SYMBOL then do VARFND = 1 VARVX = VARV.VARV.GLCV SYMBOL = strip((VARVX) end Note that foo and foo. are different; if you don't like using similar names, pick different names for the stems. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:20 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Does anybody remember CLIST? I'm trying to convert CLIIST to REXX and CLIST has symbolic substitution. I've used this before in NCL but it's a long time ago. Can anybody tell me what this does and translate to REXX? I'm guessing I need to use interpret or value()! SET VARNX = &&VARN&GLCV IF (&VARNX = &SYMBOL) THEN DO SET VARFND = 1 SET VARVX = &&VARV&GLCV SET SYMBOL = &STR(&VARVX) END ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
