Still not sure I understand. Anyway, maybe you need the INTERPRET instruction:
/* REXX */ ... /* read data into variable A */ ... call sub "A" /* call sub with the name of the variable to be used */ ... exit sub: /* assign content of variable passed by name to another variable */ interpret "X = " arg(1) say x return Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE Global Data Center Operations Print Processing Engineering / KIUK 3 Uetlibergstrasse 231 CH-8070 Zurich Phone +41 (0)44 332 2697 Fax +41 (0)44 332 4543 http://www.credit-suisse.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How to stop REXX from interpating statement? I read a record from a dataset. A field named A holds the string value of 'ABCD**'. I then pass the name of the variable to a routine. The routine resolved the value by name using VALUE(A). If A hold string of **, REXX thinks this is a power operation,. In Clist, you can limit the number of levels it will interprate the variable. I want REXX to return value by name without trying to resolve it and reference it like a string variable. Itschak On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Hunkeler Peter (KIUK 3) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure what you want. REXX alway replaces all variables on > a statement before executing the resulting statment. > > Some ideas: > > say A > say 'A' > say 'A=' !! A > > -- > Peter Hunkeler > CREDIT SUISSE > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
