I looked up the PARSE command in the TSO REXX commands manual. It states
If you specify the UPPER option, the data to be parsed is first translated
to uppercase (that is, lowercase az to uppercase AZ). Otherwise, no
uppercase translation takes place during the parsing.
I did have my syntax backward. It should have read
PARSE UPPER PULL answer
Lizette
>
> Hello,
>
> AFAIK pull is the short form for parse upper pull, so it shouldn't
> make any difference to your version. What makes me nervous instead is
> the single quote in the do until clause ... : N'
>
> Lizette Koehler schrieb:
> > Rexx is case sensitive.
> >
> > Use PARSE Pull UPPER Answer
> >
> > Then it will always be upper case and a test for Upper Case
> letters/words
> > will work.
> >
> > Lizette
> >
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> >> hi
> >>
> >> I make this:
> >> do until answer = N'
> >> instructions
> >> say 'Do you want to exit? (s/n)'
> >> pull answer
> >> if answer = 'S' then exit
> >> end
> >>
> >> I type s, but not exit of the do until?? Why?? this is a case
> >> sensitive??
> >>
> >> It´s correct??
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> more a question:
> >> how i do to treat for error:
> >> 10 +++ dec25 = date("B",year"1225","S")//7
> >> IRX0040I Error running CHRISTMA, line 10: Incorrect call to routine
> >>
> >> the error ocorred when typed less four digits to year??
> >> ex: year with tree or two or one digits
> >> 200 or 20 or 2.
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
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