On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:34:56 -0700, Sri h Kolusu wrote: >> This could be done thorough an RFE to JCL and no change to SORT, >> such as (suppose this worked): >> >> // SET X01=X'01',X05=X'05' >> //* Then: >> //SYSIN DD *,SYMBOLS=JCLONLY >> OPTION COPY >> INCLUDE COND=(1,500,SS,EQ,'&X01.1&X05.ABCDE') > >Hex values aren't supported for set statement. You would get IEFC629I >INCORRECT USE OF APOSTROPHE ON THE SET STATEMENT error. > My key word was "RFE". And since the construct is now prohibited, introducing it as an enhancement would cause no breakage of current art.
>If you want to pass hex values then you need to edit the SET statement by >turning on HEX mode and override the hex values. > Many programmers prefer desktop editors that have no HEX mode. I have often chosen to embed JCL as here-documents in shell scripts which write to INTRDR so I can use the power of shell facilities. As I conjectured, enhancements to SORT are granted more readily than enhancements to JCL. Regular expressions meet the need. Thanks, gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
