On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 01:51:36 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >do i over A. > say 'A.'i '=' A.i > end > >Shouldggive only one line: "A. = I dunno". > I notice you didn't discuss; > A. = 'Preset' > drop A.GAP
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=symbols-stems> Further, when a stem is used as the target of an assignment, all possible compound variables whose names begin with that stem receive the new value, Or do I fail to understand that in oo the first instruction replaces the compound symbol with a single string object; leaving no members to DROP? >________________________________________ >From: Paul Gilmartin >Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 8:32 PM > >What does DO OVER do for the analogue of REXX: > A. = 'Preset' > drop A.GAP > Null = ''; A.Null = "I dunno" >??? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN