I am sure that if we keep trying, we can come up with some pretty bizarre looking Rexx statements.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P S > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: REXX DATE - Julian and Centry > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Bob > Woodside<[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, my. Well, if we must explore it fully, I have to excerpt a > > snippet from a Rexx course I recently taught, illustrating > how the use > > of "not quite reserved" keywords as variable names *can* > trip you up. > > It typically happens when one is dynamically building a > string to be > > interpreted. > > Beat me to it, I saw this after tinkering with: > > /**/ > if = 1 > then = 'TYPE PROFILE EXEC A 1 1' > if if then then > > which doesn't quite work, but this does: > > /**/ > if = 1 > then = 'TYPE PROFILE EXEC A 1 1' > if if then (then) >
