On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:06:38 -0400 "Stephen M. Wiegand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

:>I downloaded from 
:>http://www.mainframeweek.com/journals/articles/0080/A+REXX+program+to+list+GDG+information
 
:>a handy little REXX program.  In the program were the following lines:

:>if  zedlmsg^="" then

:>if  left(j2g_data,4)//4^=0 |,

:>if  rc^=0 then

:>In all cases, when I issue a TSO GDG filename, TSO complained about these 
:>statements.  Since I didn't recognize what the ^ character was supposed to 
:>do, I deleted it from all 3 statements and the program ran fine and 
:>produced expected results.

:>But just in case, does anyone know what the ^ is supposed to represent?  My 
:>search in REXX documentation has been futile.

The "not" sign (usually shift-6).

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