Any ideas how I would go about answering the Master Plumber's queries?
(PIPEDEMO EXEC maybe?)
"Let me guess. You are on the second record. #0 contains the number 5 and you
compare it to a string."
"It all depends how the logical expression / if #0=='' / is evaluated."
--Shawn S.
-----Original Message-----
From: Stanislawski, Shawn (National VM Capability)
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 13:31
To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: RE: [CMS-PIPELINES] FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string comparison
Getting same error if performing from an EXEC (portrait style, with double
quote marks surrounding), or if (I escape the TERMINAL LINEND characters and
then) run it from the console.
"SPEC if first()=1 then"... works for me.
"pipe literal | dup 8 | spec number from -5 | cons"... also works for me.
pipe query version|console
FPLINX086I CMS/TSO Pipelines, 5741-A07/5655-A17 1.0110 (Version.Release/Mod) -
Generated 26 Apr 2013 at 08:52:21
z/VM 6.3.0, RSU 1602
CMS 27, RSU 1602
--Shawn S.
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Behalf Of John P. Hartmann
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 13:18
To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string comparison
Not so fast.
It all depends how the logical expression
if #0==''
is evaluated. On the first record it is unassigned, which compares equal with
a null string; on the sixth round, it is zero which converts to "0"; perhaps
not what was desired.
A better test for the first record is
if first()
And yes it sure would have been better if the default for the terminal line
editing characters had been OFF for a screen. Tch, tch, Newson.
On 06/27/2017 08:05 PM, Gentry, Steve wrote:
> Just tried again from the a command line. The '#' (w/o quotes) might be
> causing the problem. CP is interpreting it as an end of line and I'm
> guessing the 0 (zero) doesn't get prefixed with the '#'
> Steve
>
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> [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Ackerman, Alan
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 1:53 PM
> To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string comparison
>
> Works for me. Maybe you have an older version of CMS Pipelines.
>
> I put it into a Rexx EXEC and surrounded it with double quotes, since you are
> using single quotes.
>
> temp
> -5
> -4
> -3
> -2
> -1
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> pipe query level
> FPLINX560I CMS Pipelines, 5741-A07 level 110C000D.
>
> q cplevel
> z/VM Version 6 Release 4.0, service level 1701 (64-bit) Generated at
> 2017-05-31 15:55:26 PDT IPL at 2017-05-31 17:12:15 PDT
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stanislawski, Shawn
> (National VM Capability)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 10:10 AM
> To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: [CMS-PIPELINES] FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string
> comparison
>
> Decided to give Mike's pipe a try, but it gives me an error:
>
> pipe literal *|dup 8|spec if #0=='' then set #0:=-5 else set #0+=1
> endif print #0 n|Cons
>
> "
> FPLSPX1086E Improper operand for string comparison FPLMSG003I ...
> Issued from stage 3 of pipeline 1 FPLMSG001I ... Running "spec if
> #0=='' then set #0:=-5 else set #0+=1 endi"
> FPLSPE192I ... Scan at position 9; previous data "if #0==''"
> Ready (01086); T=0.01/0.01 12:06:48
> "
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --Shawn S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Harding
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 15:32
> To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CMS-PIPELINES] Speaking of SPECS NUMBER
>
> pipe literal *|dup 8|spec if #0=='' then set #0:=-5 else set #0+=1 endif
> print #0 n|Cons
> -5
> -4
> -3
> -2
> -1
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> Ready; T=0.01/0.01 13:26:02
>
> --
> Mike Harding
> z/VM System Support
>
>> From: "John P. Hartmann" <jphartm...@gmail.com>
>> To: CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU
>> Date: 06/28/2016 01:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: Speaking of SPECS NUMBER Sent by: CMSTSO Pipelines
>> Discussion List <CMS-PIPELINES@VM.MARIST.EDU>
>>
>> #0 will never become positive. Is that what you wanted?
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