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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul
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> //* on a z/OS v1r7 JES2 system, the JCL job step:
> //*
> // SET SYMBOL1=A
> // SET SYMBOL2=B
> // SET SYMBOL3=C
> //*.+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|..
> ..+....|..
> //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,
> //
> PARM='&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.x&SYM+
> // BOL2.y&SYMBOL3.z'
> //*.+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|..
> ..+....|..
> //COMMENTS DD *
> Shows the following in the JESJCL listing:
>
> 3 // SET SYMBOL1=A
> 4 // SET SYMBOL2=B
> 5 // SET SYMBOL3=C
>
> //*.+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|..
> ..+....|..
> 6 //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14,
> //
> PARM='&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.&SYMBOL1.x&SYM+
> // BOL2.y&SYMBOL3.z'
>
> //*.+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|....+....|..
> ..+....|..
> IEFC653I SUBSTITUTION JCL - PGM=IEFBR14,PARM='AAAAAx&SYMBOL2.yCz'
>
> Apparently the JES2 reader/converter is failing to substitute
> the value 'B' for the symbol "&SYMBOL2".
Same result on 1.9, even with uppercase X, Y and Z.
-jc-
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