Address SORT is more what I was thinking. It is just such a commonly needed thing for simple sorts i.e. SORT 1 8 a
Guess I am just lazy/annoyed when it comes to things that I think should be provided. Rob On Tue, Jun 6, 2017, 6:38 PM Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 15:19:36 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: > > > >> o Rexx has no form of instream data ("here-docments"). > > > >Sourceline() is a common approach to what I think you mean by instream > >data. It's often used to keep Help data within the exec. > > > Indeed, I've used it that way. It saves many keystrokes compared to > individual QUEUE, EXECIO, or compound symbol assignments. It lacks > facility to substitute symbols. > > CMS/TSO Pipelines (remember, it's embedded in Rexx) provides the > alternative BEGOUTPUT; the Ref. uses the term "implied output mode" > describing it. > > Wouldn't it be nice to have something like "ADDRESS DD:SYSUT2"? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Rob Schramm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN