1st job, C runs 2nd job, C runs 3rd job, C runs no book, no testing, rarely use IFs, just a suspicion that the value is null.
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:16:22 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >OK; who can answer the following: > >o without reading the manual or testing > >o with reading the manual only, and no testing: > >What does the following job do: > > //IF JOB etc. > //* > // IF ( FALSE ) THEN > //B EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > // ELSE > //C EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > // ENDIF > >o Both steps B and C flush? >o Step B runs; step C flushes? >o Step B flushes; step C runs? >o Both steps B and C run? > >Same set of questions for the following: > > //IF JOB etc. > //* > // IF ( TRUE ) THEN > //B EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > // ELSE > //C EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > // ENDIF > >And similarly for: > > //IF JOB etc. > //* > // IF ( FALSE ) THEN > //A EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > //B EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > // ELSE > //C EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 > // ENDIF > >Why? > >(Sorry to waste so much resource with all those IEFBR14s.) > >-- gil >-- >StorageTek >INFORMATION made POWERFUL > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
