I have been using interpret for this type of processing for a lot of years. Maybe it's just a bad habit, but it's always worked for me. I will have to experiment with some of the other suggestions. I certainly did not want to start a religious war..... Pax, Jon
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 3:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rexx question - Dynamic generation of variables? On 11/5/2010 2:24 PM, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: > INTERPRET TEST"='FRED'" > INTERPRET 'SAY TEST' At the risk of starting another flame war, I would strongly discourage use of INTERPRET. While it may work correctly in some instances, it leads to problems in general, and is easily replaced by "value()". I first ran across this problem while working at an ISV, and had to maintain code designed to manipulate JCL. The author used an INTERPRET that self-destructed the first time it encountered a JCL comment. Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
