On 2007-05-13 18:00, Beat Gossweiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'OUTPUT JCL: ' to IBM-Main: > I would like to add a value passed by a symbolic variable to a pre- > coded text enclosed in apostrophes in the TITLE= parameter of the > OUTPUT JCL-Statement. The OUTPUT-Statement is contained in a procedure, > the symbolic variable is to be passed by the caller of the procedure. > The fixed part of the TITLE= text is only known within the procedure, > the variable part of the text is only known by the caller of the proc. > > I can concatenate a variable to a non-quoted text, but not to a quoted > one. But i need to have characters within the fixed part of the text > which require enclosure in apostrophes. > > Does anybody have an idea how this could be achieved? > > Example: [snip]
Beat : does this help? It's not in a PROC but it does illustrate that you have to include the apostrophes within the variables to get the proper value for TITLE=. //TOPIC SET TOPIC='''Natural Web Services (DV) response times - ' //PERIOD SET PERIOD='current day''' //EDRESS SET EDRESS='''[EMAIL PROTECTED]''' //* //SDSF OUTPUT DEST=VNR557,CLASS=* //SYSGRP OUTPUT DEST=EMAIL,CLASS=A, // FORMS=STD, plain .txt attachment // NAME=&EDRESS, // ADDRESS=('[EMAIL PROTECTED]'), // TITLE=&TOPIC.&PERIOD ----------> signature = 6 lines follows <-------------- Neil Duffee, Joe SysProg, U d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada telephone:1 613 562 5800 x4585 fax:1 613 562 5161 mailto:NDuffee of uOttawa.ca http:/ /aix1.uottawa.ca/ ~nduffee "How *do* you plan for something like that?" Guardian Bob, Reboot "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism." "Systems Programming: Guilty, until proven innocent" John Norgauer 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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