On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:54 AM, J O Skip Robinson < jo.skip.robin...@sce.com> wrote:
> I copy pasted the JCL into a real editor, i.e. ISPF, and noticed an oddity > in this line: > > //SYMS2 DD *&IFSYM,SYMBOLS=(EXECSYS,LOGDD2) > > There is no space between asterisk and ampersand. Could that be right? > Sure. If IFSYM is equal to a 0-length string like: // SET IFSYM='' , then the phrase: ",SYMBOLS=(EXECSYS,LOGDD)" will abut the * and be recognized as part of the JCL statement as an operator. OTOH, if IFSYM is one or more blanks: // SET IFSYM=' ', then the phrase mentioned will be separated from the * by a space and be recognized as a comment. We do this all the time for "DUMMYing" out a DD statement: //SYSUT2 DD &DUMMY.DSN=.... If we have a JCL statement: "// SET DUMMY='DUMMY,' " then the DD is a DD DUMMY. If we have "// SET DUMMY='' ", then the DD references the appropriate DSN. > > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 626-302-7535 Office > 323-715-0595 Mobile > jo.skip.robin...@sce.com > > -- My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells down by the seashore. If someone tell you that nothing is impossible: Ask him to dribble a football. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
