Gil, That is what I need, I need to know if &THENAME is defined , we need to query these symbolic names from an exist. So I am trying cut down on overhead ...thank you Gil I missed that in the macro. A new adventure is system's development.
Scott On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 1:58 PM Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:47:43 -0500, Kirk Wol wrote: > > >Looking up the value of a symbol with ASASYMBM is a degenerate case: > > > >just give it an input pattern of: "&THENAME" > >and the output buffer will contain the value. > > > Does the OP need a definite indication of whether "&THENAME" is > defined? Looking at the doc for ASASYMBM, I see no return code > with that meaning. (There is, however, RC=0C to indicate that > "&THENAME" is defined as the null string. Why?) > > And a warning about the performance of LINK. > > >On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 5:28 PM, scott Ford wrote: > >> > >> I need to scan the symbol table for an assigned symbolic , I looked at > >> sys1.samplib -- IEASYMCK and macro ASASYMBM and i see that I can > replace s > >> symbolic and its value. What I need to do is scan though the table to > find > >> a symbol. I need some pointer to give me a helping hand. > >> > >> I read through ASASYMBM and it seems you can pass a value and length > but I > >> dont want to replace a symbol... > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
