In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >List, > >I downloaded from >http://www.mainframeweek.com/journals/articles/0080/A+REXX+program+to+list+GDG+information >a handy little REXX program. In the program were the following lines: > >if zedlmsg^="" then > >if left(j2g_data,4)//4^=0 |, > >if rc^=0 then > >In all cases, when I issue a TSO GDG filename, TSO complained about these >statements. Since I didn't recognize what the ^ character was supposed to >do, I deleted it from all 3 statements and the program ran fine and >produced expected results. > >But just in case, does anyone know what the ^ is supposed to represent? My >search in REXX documentation has been futile.
I suspect that its am ascii-ebcdic translation bug. They probably should have been a not sign, x'5F'. -- Rich Greenberg Marietta, GA, USA richgr atsign panix.com + 1 770 321 6507 Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val, Red & Shasta (RIP),Red, husky Owner:Chinook-L Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. www.panix.com/~richgr/ Asst Owner:Sibernet-L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
