Thanks for the reply Bill. Unfortunately, any numbers I have now are not
any indication of where we will be. We have been in the early stages of
development of our first application of Linux on z/VM for the last two
years and I have yet to get the project folks to give me much in the way
of
This is confusing me.
The response to the variable 'answer' is a Y.
Yet this portion of the code isn't working. Shouldn't the logic just fall thru
because the response was a Y.
IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) /= 'Y' | ANSWER /= 'YES' THEN
DO
I have seen this before and it was a case sensitive issue, also had to check
lower case y
HTH
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Rifkind
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Subject: REXX coding
Shouldn't the PULL have brought the character as upper case?
Thanks.
Robert Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2008 12:25 PM
I have seen this before and it was a case sensitive issue, also had to check
lower case y
HTH
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BTW,
a 'SAY ANSWER' after the pull shows the character in caps.
Robert Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2008 12:25 PM
I have seen this before and it was a case sensitive issue, also had to check
lower case y
HTH
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The statement as written says
IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) Not = 'Y' OR ANSWER Not = 'YES' THEN
If the reply was Y then ANSWER Not = YES is satisfying the IF
statement.
Jim Hughes
603-271-5586
Its kind of fun to do the impossible. (Walt Disney)
Your logic is faulty. Suppose that ANSWER is Y.
ANSWER /= 'Y' is false.
ANSWER /= 'YES' is true.
TRUE or FALSE is TRUE, so you execute the contents of the IF statement.
Perhaps you need an AND instead of OR?
Or am I the one confused?
--
John McKown
Senior Systems Programmer
HealthMarkets
Try it this way:
IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) ¬= 'Y' ANSWER ¬= 'YES' THEN
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This is
This is the perfect example for using the rexx ABBREV function.
Jim Hughes
603-271-5586
Its kind of fun to do the impossible. (Walt Disney)
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Thanks every one...yes the 's have it. That worked thanks again.
McKown, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2008 12:31 PM
Your logic is faulty. Suppose that ANSWER is Y.
ANSWER /= 'Y' is false.
ANSWER /= 'YES' is true.
TRUE or FALSE is TRUE, so you execute the contents of the IF statement.
Is the user entering the response in upper or lower case? You may need
to use the translate function to get it to upper case. And you may want
to use for not equal vs. what you've coded. The not sign doesn't
always translate well when going from ebcidic to ascii (depends on code
page being
If he uses PULL ANSWER to get the response, I believe he will always get upper
case responses.
PULL does PARSE UPPER...
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Stephen
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To:
Try something like
If ^abbrev('YES', translate(answer), 1) then do
. . .
end
Using this will allow the answer to be shown by the say
Regards,
Richard Schuh
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Howard Rifkin wrote:
This is confusing me.
The response to the variable 'answer' is a Y.
Yet this portion of the code isn't working. Shouldn't the logic just fall
thru because the response was a Y.
IF SUBSTR(ANSWER,1,1) /= 'Y' | ANSWER /= 'YES' THEN
DO
Here's a snip of code that forces a user to enter a valid option and
avoids the problem of typing other than a simple numeric choice 1 to 5.
answer = ''
do until index('12345',answer) 0
say 'Do you want to do something?'
say 'Enter: 1=Yes
It must be a slow day in Bedrock.
I was looking at this and realized that there may be a flaw.
As it is written it doesn't matter what the 'ANSWER' is as long as it starts
with a 'Y' it will be true.
A response of YABADABADOO would pass the test.
My guess is what you really want is that ONLY 'Y'
If you do that, you might as well simplify it by coding If answer ^=
'YES' - that covers both bases. Why cause answers of YOGURT or
YO-YO to be tested twice?
I still think that the ABBREV function is what is needed. It would
accept answers Y, YE and YES, and nothing else.
Regards,
Richard
That'll do it.
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Richard
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:31 PM
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Subject: Re: REXX coding question.
Or If wordpos(answer, 'Y YES') = 0 then do ...
Regards,
Richard
I'm afraid we're gonna have to cite you for a flagrant violation of DeMorgan's
Law, Howard. ;-)
In fairness, your problem is not caused by unfamiliarity with formal logic, but
mere lack of clarity. If I might suggest an alternative so far overlooked:
If \(Left(answer,1) = 'Y' | answer =
Well folks,
You have shown me a number of ways to skin the cat...on offense to the cat of
course.
It's programming and you can solve the problem in a number of ways, all of
which here are interesting and I have to tell you that I've learned something
today.
Chip Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is no need to apply Boolean Algebra to a compound expression at
all. Most programmers use DeMorgan's Law, many who have never known that
they were applying a named law. There may be many, considering the
graying of the list, who do not remember that the name of the law that
they are applying
Well said ..
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Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 4:11 PM
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Subject: Re: REXX coding question.
There is no need to apply Boolean Algebra to a compound expression
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:26:50 +, Chip Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In fairness, your problem is not caused by unfamiliarity with formal
logic, but mere lack of clarity.
Brings back memories of the obfuscated C contest. Some of those entries
were brilliant.
If I might suggest an
Yep...I was thinking about the SELECT instruction also.
Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2008 5:51 PM
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:26:50 +, Chip Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In fairness, your problem is not caused by unfamiliarity with formal
logic, but mere lack of clarity.
Brings back
Brings back memories of the obfuscated C contest. Some of
those entries were brilliant.
C needs no obfuscation :-)
/* */
_.=''
_.y='Y'
_.ye='Y'
_.yes='Y'
_.okay='Y'
_.please='Y'
_.maybe='Help'
phrase='I GROVEL BEFORE YOU TO PERMIT IT'
_.phrase='Y'
phrase='YOU ARE CRAZY IF YOU
Well, it's the stems that do all the work.
Brian Nielsen
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:56:47 -0400, Howard Rifkind [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Yep...I was thinking about the SELECT instruction also.
Brian Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/7/2008 5:51 PM
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:26:50 +, Chip Davis
On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:58:19 -0700, Schuh, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
:
This must be REXX on U*IX :-)
No. z/VM 5.3.
Brian Nielsen
On: Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 02:58:19PM -0700,Schuh, Richard Wrote:
} Brings back memories of the obfuscated C contest. Some of
} those entries were brilliant.
}
}
} C needs no obfuscation :-)
If you want to read a funny account of the origins of C Un*x, See:
Hi JR,
I'm a little confused by your description of the experiences you've been
having with PAV, so have interjected my commentary on the matter below in
hopes of understanding it better...
Imler, Steven J wrote on 07/03/2008 09:32:13 PM:
Well ... for me ... it's not an issue of what benefit
With SHARE in San Jose about 4 weeks away, we need to get session chairs
set up. There are still plenty of sessions available, get them while
they're hot!
If you choose to become a session chair, your job is simple but vital.
You get to introduce the speaker of the session, mitigate wayward
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