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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Phil Smith
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 5:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Rexx question - Dynamic generation of variables?
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Gibney, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And, I can't seem to use a stem value (values of A.x) to index a
> stem.
> > A.x = 'foo'
> > say A.x
> > B.foo = 'bar'
> > say B.foo
> > say B.A.x
> > y = A.x
> > say y
> > say B.y
> > Gets:
> > foo
> > bar
> > B.A.X
> > foo
> > B.foo
>
> > I want bar where I get B.A.X and B.foo
>
> Right. That would be a case for using VALUE. "Stems are not arrays."
> Not now, not ever. But in some ways they're more powerful, as they let
> you do associative memory.
Yup value(B.y) gives bar. But value(B.A.x) still gives B.A.X. I suppose
I can "nest" the value function.
Whoops, guess not:
11 +++ say B.value(A.x)
IRX0043I Error running TEST, line 11: Routine not found
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