I don't think that any of the Rexx functions commands are reserved, but
you have to be careful if you use any of them. For instance:
When=Date('B')-1
Will cause problems for the following
Select
When g=1 then
nop
Otherwise
nop
End
To fix this, you have to put the keywords within quotes (apostrophes) to
prevent substitution:
Select
'When' g=1 then
nop
Otherwise
nop
End
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Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:11 AM
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Subject: Re: REXX DATE - Julian and Centry
Ah... part of a Select/When/End statement. Completely slipped my mind.
Yep... it's a reserved keyword.
And I agree. I don't think that I've ever used it as a variable in
actual
code, just that example. I'll change my copy of the example.
You are correct, and I do avoid using reserved keywords. This one was
an
aberration. Thanks for pointing it out so that everyone benefits.
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'when' is used as a variable in:
when=date('B')-1
Brian Nielsen
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:27:54 -0500, Mike Walter <[email protected]>
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>> I hate to see a keyword used as a variable name
>
>I must be blind today... which rexx keyword is being used as a variable
>name in the following posts?
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>On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:13:44 -0500, Mike Walter
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>>To add to John's suggestions, a slightly different flavor:
>>
>>when=date('B')-1 /* Yesterday */
>>prevjdate=left(date('O',when,'B'),2)||right(date('D',when,'B'),3,0)
>>
>>when=date('B')+1 /* Tomorrow */
>>nextjdate=left(date('O',when,'B'),2)||right(date('D',when,'B'),3,0)
>>
>>Executive summary: when performing date math, rexx's "Base" date can
be
>>your friend.
>>
>>Mike Walter
>>Hewitt Associates
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>>> Subject: REXX DATE - Julian and Centry
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>>> I don't understand why there is the following restriction on
>>> the Date()
>>> function:
>>>
>>> NOTE:
>>>
>>> (1) If the Century or Julian format is specified, then no
>>> other options
>>>
>>> are permitted. These two formats are provided for compatibility
>>> with
>>> programs written for releases prior to VM/ESA(R) version
>>> 2 release
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>>> 1.1. It is recommended that they not be used for new programs.
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>>> There are still some programs/systems that use Julian. For
instance,
>>> EREP requires DATE input in Julian.
>>>
>>> Having said that, how can I compute a day 90 days in the
>>> past, specified
>>> in Julian (in REXX)?
>>>
>>> Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.
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>>/* REXX */
>>TODAY1 = DATE('B')
>>MINUS90 = TODAY1 - 90
>>DDD = DATE('D',MINUS90,'B') /* DAY IN YEAR */
>>YY=LEFT(DATE('O',MINUS90,'B'),2)
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