In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/17/2008
at 11:20 PM, Kenneth E Tomiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
That depends on the Rexx interpreter being used.
Not if that interpreter never gets called.
On my windows/XP system I need nothing on the first line.
I'd be very surprised if you didn't need a
Paul Gilmartin wrote, re running Rexx programs on Windows without a leading
indicator of the language:
How does the system recognize that it's Rexx and not some other language?
Excellent question. Because (a) it has a file extension associated with
rexx.exe, or (b) because you said rexx fn.
.
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Paul Gilmartin wrote, re running Rexx programs on Windows without a leading
indicator of the language
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:50:37 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote:
Paul Gilmartin wrote, re running Rexx programs on Windows without a leading
indicator of the language:
How does the system recognize that it's Rexx and not some other language?
Excellent question. Because (a) it has a file extension
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:50:37 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote:
Paul Gilmartin wrote, re running Rexx programs on Windows without a leading
indicator
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:20:36 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote:
That depends on the Rexx interpreter being used. On my windows/XP system I
need nothing on the first line. It is surprising how many people who know Rexx
so well, know so little.
How does the system recognize that it's Rexx and not some
I don't see neither an error nor REXX code? What is your problem?
Pleaes take your time to write sufficient information so others
are able to help instead of wasting time trying to guess what
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I don't see neither an error nor REXX code? What is your problem?
Pleaes take your time to write sufficient information so others
are able to help instead of wasting time
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when I run my exec REXX the error appears:
1 +++ ?
IRX0013I Error running BRAS
, 2008 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: REXX error
I don't see neither an error nor REXX code? What is your problem?
Pleaes take your time to write sufficient information so others
are able to help instead of wasting time trying to guess what
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Subject: Re: REXX error
Claudio,
How are you executing your clist ???
Option # 6 as 'exec clist-pds(clistname)' or
How ?
Also what are the dcb parameters of your clist pds ?
Scott Ford
Senior Systems Engineer
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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:08:19 -0200, Claudio Marcio wrote:
when I run my exec REXX the error appears:
1 +++ ?
IRX0013I Error running BRAS, line 1: Invalid character in program
Have you repaired the conflicts in DCB attributes? The error above
could easily result from an RDW's being
Don't change settings you don't understand.
On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:53:21 -0200, Claudio Marcio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I got it!!!
run the pack off command inside member
the now it´s OK! very, very thank´s to all
what helped me!
regards
That depends on the Rexx interpreter being used. On my windows/XP system I
need nothing on the first line. It is surprising how many people who know Rexx
so well, know so little.
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:21:22 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I use Rexx on other
, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: REXX error
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:35:59 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
say 'first part' ||
'second part'
Note that in this case the comma is permissible but not necessary.
Necessary.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:132$ head `whence cont.rexx` /dev/null
== /u
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/08/2008
at 08:20 AM, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
You need a single quote at the end of line 100 and a comma after that to
continue the SAY to a second line - line 200.
That's appropriate only if he wants a space inserted[1]. If he needs to
break between
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:35:59 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
say 'first part' ||
'second part'
Note that in this case the comma is permissible but not necessary.
Necessary.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:132$ head `whence cont.rexx` /dev/null
== /u/user/bin/cont.rexx ==
/* Rexx */ signal
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on
10/07/2008
at 11:48 AM, Hardee, Charles H [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Can you post the first 5 or 6 lines in a fixed pitch font like Courier?
The font is controlled by the viewer, not by the sender.
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In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on
10/07/2008
at 06:26 PM, P S [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Ah. That would be a TSO requirement -- that the first line have REXX in
it?
That depends on where the code came from. If it's SYSEXEC, then any
comment will do, but if it's SYSPROC then you need the REXX string to
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/13/2008
at 08:23 AM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Are you confusing with, perhaps, JCL continuation syntax?
No, I was simply confused about the rules for implicit semicolons in REXX.
I was thinking that trailing operators suppressed implicit semicolons.
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:07:20 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
Are you confusing with, perhaps, JCL continuation syntax?
No, I was simply confused about the rules for implicit semicolons in REXX.
I was thinking that trailing operators suppressed implicit semicolons.
No, but there are many
**
|
| A command entered or contained in a CLIST has invalid syntax.
what can be?
regards
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On Sat, 11 Oct
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:52:28 -0200, Claudio Marcio wrote:
I´m using the ex command see below:
VIEW BRATIME.TIME.CHRIST--- my dataset
Command ===
Name Prompt Size Created
___EX__ BRAS*Edited 34 2008/09/09 - dataset member
, 2008 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: REXX error
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:52:28 -0200, Claudio Marcio wrote:
I´m using the ex command see below:
VIEW BRATIME.TIME.CHRIST--- my dataset
Command ===
Name Prompt Size Created
___EX__ BRAS*Edited
the next step??
regards
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:52:28 -0200, Claudio Marcio wrote:
I´m using the ex
No, you do not need rexx in a comment. It depends. TSO will read them from
SYSEXEC and run them without rexx in the comment. z/OS UNIX Services, in
my limited testing, requires rexx to be lower case where any other
environment/platform could care less about the case. So RExx, REXX, REXx,
rexX,
correcting...
a debug command?
regards
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Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: REXX error
How do on trace to find my problems and how see this listserv
I put my money on he is changing it. To get the first error I did a cut and
paste of his code and changed the leading x40 to x20 and got the same first
error. It then works. Changing anything outside the apostrophes caused the
same problem. Thus his second error is coming from somewhere else.
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I put my money on he is changing it. To get the first error I did a cut and
paste of his code and changed the leading
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No, you do not need rexx in a comment. It depends. TSO
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:11:12 -0500, Kenneth E Tomiak wrote:
No, you do not need rexx in a comment. It depends. TSO will read them from
SYSEXEC and run them without rexx in the comment. z/OS UNIX Services, in
my limited testing, requires rexx to be lower case where any other
environment/platform
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:30:37 -0300, Claudio Marcio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi,
see the first lines of the my exec rexx
** * Top of Data
**
==MSG -Warning- The UNDO command is not available until you change
==MSG your edit
If you use the ISPF Editor's HILITE REXX command most of your syntax
problems will be highlighted. I find it to be a great help,
especially when matching up quotes, double quotes, commas etc.
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Luis,
That is not quite correct.
You can use double quotes or the apostrophe as long as they are paired.
If you start a literal with an apostrophe, you must end the literal with
an apostrophe.
If you start it with the double quote character, then you must end it
with a double quote character:
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:20:18 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote:
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:30:37 -0300, Claudio Marcio wrote:
see the first lines of the my exec rexx
** * Top of Data
**
==MSG -Warning- The UNDO command is not available until you
Well, technically he's OK with the lack of continuation, but it's poor
style. That shouldn't be causing the message.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You need a single quote at the end of line 100 and a comma after that to
continue the SAY to a second line -
when I run my exec REXX the error appears:
1 +++ ?
IRX0013I Error running BRAS, line 1: Invalid character in program
what is this??
An invalid character as the message says. The question mark suggests
that it may be an unprintable character from REXX' point of view.
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:25:09 -0400, P S wrote:
Or just replace the first line of the program with /**/ and you'll
know it's good (less scientific, but easier!).
Ummm. If the program was loaded from SYSPROC, this will cause it
to be treated as a CLIST rather than an EXEC, and the OP is not
likely
Or just replace the first line of the program with /**/ and you'll
know it's good (less scientific, but easier!).
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Lizette Koehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Under ISPF, edit your REXX using ISPF Picture Strings. Issue the command
on the command line:F P'.'
Under ISPF, edit your REXX using ISPF Picture Strings. Issue the command
on the command line:F P'.'
If there is a hex character the upper Right Hand corner of your ISPF Edit
session should tell you what the character is. The Cursor should be on the
section of your code with the hex data in
Can you post the first 5 or 6 lines in a fixed pitch font like Courier?
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quer saber ?'
000900 pull year
regards
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Can you post the first 5 or 6 lines in a fixed pitch font
Ummm. If the program was loaded from SYSPROC, this will cause it
to be treated as a CLIST rather than an EXEC, and the OP is not
likely to know it's good.
Ah. That would be a TSO requirement -- that the first line have REXX
in it? If so, then my apologies. I use Rexx on other platforms.
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:25:09 -0400, P S wrote:
Or just replace the first line of the program with /**/ and you'll
know
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:25:09 -0400, P S wrote:
Or just replace the first line of the program with /**/ and you'll
know it's good (less scientific, but easier!).
Ummm. If the program
Subject: Re: REXX error
Hola Claudio,
Your problem is that it should be encased in double quotes...ie
say Este programa informa em que dia da semana foi ou sera o Natal em
determinado ano, que ano quer saber ?
Saludos
Claudio Marcio wrote:
hi,
see the first lines of the my exec rexx
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 04/21/2008
at 09:18 PM, Paul Gilmartin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Reference to an uninitialized variable is a failure.
Only if NOVALUE is enabled. The classic behavior with NOVALUE disabled is
useful.
I have _never_ coded a SIGNAL. Partly hangover from the 3 decades
In
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on 04/23/2008
at 12:04 AM, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
LEAVE ITERATE only manage the current level.
Hogwash!
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On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:15:59 +, Ted MacNEIL
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Of course, being 51 may have something to do with it.
...
Ah. I see. Your mind is still too young and unruly.
Well, don't worry. You'll grow out of it.
Pat O'Keefe
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
Consider:
/* I do this all the time... */
do phonyblock = 1 for 1
...
if Bailout then leave phonyblock
...
end phonyblock
o I put a name = 1 for 1 on all my large blocks, and use a
matching end name
- the interpreter checks that my ends match my dos.
-
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
I should have said:
LEAVE ITERATE should only be used to manage the current level.
Use flags/semiphores to continue to exit.
At least, that way you know what you have.
The intent of structured programming techniques, since their need was
recognized 40 years ago, has
Languages like REXX and Structured HLASM provide LEAVE and ITERATE as a means
of reducing program complexity.
Both statements allow for the specification of which of several nested
constructs is to be exited or
iterated.
This facility is important and, when used appropriately, will reduce
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:18:17 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
My technique for picking up the pieces after a failure is to
improve the code so that it no longer fails. A nonzero return
code is not a failure. Reference to an uninitialized variable
is a failure.
I couldn't
I think abuse of ITERATE and LEAVE to be a much milder crime.
I don't know what you mean by abuse, but when I studied modular/structured
programming at the University of Waterloo, these were considered valid
constructs.
Sometimes, you've done all you can with the data, so you have to either
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:41:49 +, Ted MacNEIL
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I think abuse of ITERATE and LEAVE to be a much milder crime.
I don't know what you mean by abuse, but when I studied
modular/structured programming at the University of Waterloo, these
were considered valid constructs.
In fact, I'm not sure that I would ever use SIGNAL to break out of a complex
nested loop structure even if it DID greatly simplify the logic.
It doesn't necessarily. You can end up with indeterminate results.
In fact, I don't even like named LEAVE; I leave each level seperately.
LEAVE
Ted MacNEIL wrote:
LEAVE ITERATE only manage the current level.
LEAVE and ITERATE are for whichever level you specify. The default, if
no operand is specified, is the current level.
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LEAVE ITERATE only manage the current level.
LEAVE and ITERATE are for whichever level you specify. The default, if no
operand is specified, is the current level.
You're correct, and I realised it as soon as I sent the message. I have never
supplied an operand, so I forgot. Of course,
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:18:14 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:41:49 +, Ted MacNEIL
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think abuse of ITERATE and LEAVE to be a much milder crime.
I don't know what you mean by abuse, but when I studied
modular/structured programming at the
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:15:05 -0500, Paul Gilmartin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Every well-designed language, application, programming system
should
have a way to force an error. IDCAMS has such; HLASM has MNOTE;
zSeries has x'00'. Rexx lacks such; I resort to dividing by zero
or accessing an
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:44:20 -0500, Patrick O'Keefe wrote:
Maybe I misunderstand what you would want REXX to do.
If you're talking about some way of invoking an On-condition block,
REXX obviously has it: you SIGNAL or CALL the block's label.
If you want to verify an exec's ability to handle an
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