Thank you PS-Cubed. I finally have it.
____________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "It is fun to do the impossible." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 1:25 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Rexx Question On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Hughes, Jim <jim.hug...@doit.nh.gov> wrote: >Still not out the woods. >What does this statement hope to achieve? > IF lnqsI < lnqsQ THEN DO > CALL Value laqsN || lnqsQ,, > Value( laqsN || lnqsI, Value( laqsN || lnqsQ ) ) > END >I am just not seeing the intent of what is written. The third operand on VALUE is the "selector". Think of it as the variable pool, where (depending on the OS) that may mean environment variables or GLOBALVs or something else. Let's assume: laqsN = N lnqsQ = Q lnqsI = I So this is setting the variable NQ to NI in the pool named NQ. ...phsiii