On 23 Nov 2020 20:21:55 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
(Message-ID:<[email protected]>)
[email protected] (Paul
Gilmartin) wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:56:22 -0600, Al Ferguson wrote:
>
>>They are not necessary, but you can use a variable after
the ADDRESS. I have written a few REXX programs where I
used:
>> ADDRESS CMD
>>
>>Where I set CMD = "environ actual-command".
>>
>I'm incredulous. Are you sure you didn't:
> interpret 'ADDRESS' CMD
>???
>The symbol in the simpler form of ADDRESS is *never*
>evaluated as a variable.
I believe that both of the above are, at best, partially
correct.
Paul is correct that ADDRESS CMD should set the environment
to CMD regardless of the value of a variable named CMD.
However, it is possible to use a variable: ADDRESS (CMD) is
the equivalent of ADDRESS VALUE CMD, which would set the
environment to the value of variable CMD.
The above is my interpretation of the ADDRESS command as
explained in IKJ4A3A0.
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