REXXTRY is very useful when you're unsure of the semantics of something in REXX, and you certainly couldn't implement it without interpret. But interpret should be used the way porcupines make love - very carefully.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Wayne Bickerdike [wayn...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 10:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: REXX Interpret Question - weekend 'fun' I've found REXXTRY very appropriate when using INTERPRET. On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:14 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> 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 [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Lionel B Dyck [lbd...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:02 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > 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 <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of > Jeremy Nicoll > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 5:54 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
