Works for me. Maybe you have an older version of CMS Pipelines. I put it into a Rexx EXEC and surrounded it with double quotes, since you are using single quotes.
temp -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 pipe query level FPLINX560I CMS Pipelines, 5741-A07 level 110C000D. q cplevel z/VM Version 6 Release 4.0, service level 1701 (64-bit) Generated at 2017-05-31 15:55:26 PDT IPL at 2017-05-31 17:12:15 PDT Alan Ackerman Vice President Cnslt II - Sys Eng California Technology Engineering & Operations Bank of America CA4-136-01-01, 2546 SAN PABLO AVE, Berkeley, CA T 510.529.4128 alan.acker...@bankofamerica.com Life's better when we're connected® -----Original Message----- From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stanislawski, Shawn (National VM Capability) Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 10:10 AM To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [CMS-PIPELINES] FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string comparison Decided to give Mike's pipe a try, but it gives me an error: pipe literal *|dup 8|spec if #0=='' then set #0:=-5 else set #0+=1 endif print #0 n|Cons " FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string comparison FPLMSG003I ... Issued from stage 3 of pipeline 1 FPLMSG001I ... Running "spec if #0=='' then set #0:=-5 else set #0+=1 endi" FPLSPE192I ... Scan at position 9; previous data "if #0==''" Ready (01086); T=0.01/0.01 12:06:48 " Any ideas? --Shawn S. -----Original Message----- From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Harding Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 15:32 To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Speaking of SPECS NUMBER pipe literal *|dup 8|spec if #0=='' then set #0:=-5 else set #0+=1 endif print #0 n|Cons -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 Ready; T=0.01/0.01 13:26:02 -- Mike Harding z/VM System Support > From: "John P. Hartmann" <jphartm...@gmail.com> > To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 06/28/2016 01:01 PM > Subject: Re: Speaking of SPECS NUMBER > Sent by: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > <CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > #0 will never become positive. Is that what you wanted? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments, is for the intended recipient(s) only, may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or proprietary and subject to important terms and conditions available at http://www.bankofamerica.com/emaildisclaimer. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message.