Before switching to Rexx long ago, I wrote prolifically in Clist. I got used to always writing '&NRSTR()' because the command processor would otherwise relentlessly substitute for anything that looked like a variable, often producing puzzling results.
The original question referred to 'system symbolics'. There are standard ways to retrieve the value for a system symbolic, but merely using one like a variable will seldom work as expected. On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 1:17 PM Carmen Vitullo <[email protected]> wrote: > SET &NEWC=&SUBSTR(1:1,&CHARACTER) > > NEWCHAR=(ABC&NEWC) > > should work based on some working examples I have. > > I'd need to xfer from my work PC to home to send to you if you like > > Carmen > > > On 9/22/2021 3:12 PM, Bill Giannelli wrote: > > it is not liking the syntax of that first command....."invalid > expression" > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- > /I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to > succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand > with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, > and part with him when he goes wrong. *Abraham Lincoln*/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Skip Robinson 323-715-0595 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
