On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 00:04:20 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote:
>I meant IIRC INTERPRET returns the lowercase values of variables in
>uppercase.
>
Again, not so. INTERPRET returns values of variables ASIS. For example:
V = 'Value of V'
interpret 'x = V'
say X
shows:
Value of V
>AFAIK "ALLOCATE DD(SYSIN) DSN(*)" is not in *CLIST* format - and I have
>no idea what that would have to do with preserving lowercase chars.
>
See: <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.1.0?topic=command-allocate-operands>
z/OS TSO/E Command Reference
ALLOCATE command operands
... DATASET(dsname | *) | DSNAME(dsname | *) " ...
Mixed case in input is not preserved.
>A *CLIST* format would be something like "ALLOC FI(SYSIN)
>DA('SYS1.PARMLIB(IEAAPF00)') SHR KEEP".
>
Many lexical variants work alike
>BTW As I said, I have had no access to a mainframe for 8+ years. But
>feel free to verify my adhoc sample *CLIST* code if you have access to a
>mainframe.
>
Have you Rexx on your desktop? This discussion would be more topical
here:
<mailto:[email protected]?subject=INFO%20-%20Thx!%0D%0A&body=INFO%20TSO-REXX%0D%0AThanks%0D%0A>
-- gil
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