I've found REXXTRY very appropriate when using INTERPRET. On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:14 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> For that type of problem, judicious use of trace i or trace ?i can make an > obscure bug obvious. I wish there were an equivalent method for detecting > cases where IBM documentation uses the same wording for a parameter > pointing to foo and a parameter pointing to the address of foo ;-( > > Why not use value()? Admittedly it wouldn't have prevented your particular > problem, but its less likely to blow up in your face. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf > of Lionel B Dyck [[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REXX Interpret Question - weekend 'fun' > > True - what I'm hoping for is to be able to use Interpret to set a stem > when > I provide the stem name. Since I can use Interpret to get the stem using a > value I provide I'd like to be able to set it. > > Make sense? > > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: > https://secure-web.cisco.com/1bQtkLqdeRt9g3H94UtWfXZFzvZD-V4rdS6mCpTUyJo7NayYR2vwI1zbzmxx46y5wCPeufQW6OVhdEuUyZpopjoI7NkNFI76lw9qfUQIHrF5dR1FJkFKQvV4ZDCQxYLKEtMQGdPYo3gqMcxyWWU3vERbs7cmeArHO07Oo3hz1FrhODsQpN3kze4U425sfsy66HF2Kn8JrclZu7glwQh_lg9rP1WaZfaxTmFMXk-FOGczEfJMKdfXEUALz9F0-CyX-xaCIWBXAb2iiKP6VrYIQwvsL2vHv4XBwNgnlg8jN2eTsVxFIYhZU0klc6HOtFxHpkCxb-iVzKe-0XajlclTU54r7x1-ty8obtPIWG9stVRnTx9Dt6oGtLYxa7kxPPhFhBSjuHD_k37mtWmP20zLh6J1tlAajThPaBvP4vy7J_-Si5ORJAb0_7eMjQYybTtjS/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbdsoftware.com > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what > you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of > Jeremy Nicoll > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 5:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REXX Interpret Question - weekend 'fun' > > On Sat, 30 May 2020, at 11:44, Lionel B Dyck wrote: > > > /* rexx */ > > > > test = 'testx' > > > > interpret 'test'.1 '= var' > > That sets "test.1" > > > > say testx.1 > > This is a different variable. > > > -- > Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
