I would absolutely prefer POSIX ERE, with which I have many years of experience via gawk programming. I am not comfortable with PCRE at all.
+1 for the back-reference assignments. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Interpreting Explicit Decimal Numbers On Feb 22, 2022, at 10:15:21, Seymour J Metz wrote: > >> I like REXX a lot and I find it to be very adept at parsing information, > > I'm a REXX bigot, but when it comes to parsing there are better languages, > e.g., Icon, Perl. It would be nice if TSO/E would pick up PCRE and RexxLA > would upgrade the RegularExpression class to equivalent functionality for > OOREXX. > I'd be reasonably satisfied with POSIX ERE and back-references optionally assigned to Rexx variables. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
