On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:02:03 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > on 08/26/2013 at 04:47 PM, Paul Gilmartin said: > >>It should probably be stressed that EXECIO, unlike most Rexx >>utilities does not "[substitute] the values of any simple symbols in >>the tail" as described in 2.4.3, > >Unlike? How many REXX utilities[1] do that? Can you name one? If you >want a symbol in a command treated as a variable, then don't quote it. > >[1] Utilities, not keyword statements > I'm most familiar with "address SYSCALL". Example:
rexx x=wombat; address syscall 'readfile /etc/services s.x.'; say s.wombat.0 Prints: 203 That's one. But, right back at you: how many utilities, other than EXECIO, can you name that *don't* evaluate simple symbols appearing in compound tails. (Answers from other readers are welcome.) Are any ISPF/LM services compound symbol-savvy? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN