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REXX Training

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S E SSION 1

Introduction to REXX

REXX basics REXX Instructions

REXX Built-in Functions

REXX External functions REXX TSO/E External commands

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S E SSION 2

Executing REXX in BATCH mode

Introduction to REXX Edit macros Examples on REXX Edit macros

File Tailoring

ISPF Tables REXX Quiz

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What is REXX REXX after all ?

R R estructured EX EX tended eX X ecutor

language

Programming Language

Free format language

Issues commands to different Host

environments Has extensive mathematical capabilities

Suitable for beginners as well computer

professionals

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W riting a simple REXX exec

An exec is nothing but a group of REXX statements in a

sequential dataset or a PDS member

The first statement of an exec should be µ /* REXX */ ¶,but

not in all cases

A simple exec (In a PDS member,MYFIRST)

/*REXX*/ /*REXX*/

SAY µThis is first REXX exec¶ SAY µThis is first REXX exec¶

EXIT EXIT

REXX is case insensitive

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Executing a REXX exec Explicit execution from tso ready prompt

READY

EXEC µTATA.REXX.EXEC(MYFIRST)¶ EXEC

READY Implicit execution requires the PDS library to beconcatenated to either SYSEXEC or the SYSPROC systemDDNAME¶s.

READY

ALLOC DD(SYSEXEC) DSN(µTATA.REXX.EXEC¶) SHR REUSEREADY

%MYFIRST

From ISPF,one can execute it by issuing the following command atcommand prompt

TSO MYFIRST

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Executing a REXX execA sequential dataset needs no allocation

It can only be executed using the explicit method or thelong form

From READY prompt,READY

EXEC µTATA.SEQ.EXEC¶ EXEC

READY

CTP LOGON ALLOCATION

In CTP main panel,

Select 0 --> CTP parms

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REXX - Arithmetic operators+ Add

- Subtract

* Multiply

/ Divide

% Divide and return a whole number without aremainder

// Divide and return the remainder only

** Raise a number to a whole number power

-number Negate the number

+number Add the number to 0

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REXX - Logical operators& AND(4 > 2) & (a = a) /* true, so result is 1 */(2 > 4) & (a = a) /* false, so result is 0 */

| Inclusive OR (4 > 2) | (5 = 3) /* at least one is true, so result is 1 *(2 > 4) | (5 = 3) /* neither one is true, so result is 0 */

&& Exclusive OR

(4 > 2) && (5 = 3) /* only one is true, so result is 1 */(4 > 2) && (5 = 5) /* both are true, so result is 0 */

Prefix \ Logical NOT\ 0 /* opposite of 0, so result is 1 */\ (4 > 2) /* opposite of true, so result is 0 */

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REXX - comparison operators== Strictly Equal

= Equal

\ == Not strictly equal

\ = Not equal> Greater than

< Less than

> < Greater than or less than (same as not equal)

> = Greater than or equal to

\ < Not less than

< = Less than or equal to

\ > Not greater than

Note: The not character, "¬", is synonymous with the backslash ("\").

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REXX Symbols

A REXX symbol can consist of

A...Z uppercase alphabetic

a...z lowercase alphabetic0...9 numbers

@ # $ ¢ ? ! . _ special characters

Rules for valid REXX symbols are :

The first character cannot be 0 through 9 or a period (.)

The variable name cannot exceed 250 bytes

The variable name should not be RC, SIGL, or RESULT,

which are REXX special variables

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REXX Special VariablesRC: RC stands for return code and is set every time acommand is issued.When a command ends without error, RCis usually set to 0. When a command ends in error, RC is setto whatever return code is assigned to that error.

SIGL: The SIGL special variable is used in connection with atransfer of control within an exec because of a function, or aSIGNAL or CALL instruction. When the language processor transfers control to another routine or another part of the exec,

it sets the SIGL special variable to the line number from whichthe transfer occurred.

RESULT : When an exec calls a subroutine ,the calling execreceives the value returned by the subroutine in the REXX

special variable RESULT

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REXX Instructions

Cool Man! Cool Man!

Life Made Easy«Life Made Easy«

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REXX InstructionsA line contains usually one instruction

Comma(µ,¶) is the continuation character

Semi-colon(µ;¶) is the instruction delimiter

Example :

say µThe quick fox jumps over¶,

µthe lazy brown dog¶; say µover¶

Output :The quick fox jumps over the lazy brown dog

over

Note that the comma operator adds a space

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REXX Instructions - SAY To write a line of output to the TSO terminal

Syntax

SAY {expression}

Expression can be of any size and REXX will split it upaccording to line-width of the terminal

Expression can contain variables, literals and functions

Example /*REXX*/ /*REXX*/

name=µRoosevelt¶ name=µRoosevelt¶ say µWelcome to TSO µ namesay µWelcome to TSO µ name

exit exit

Output

Welcome to TSO Roosevelt

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REXX instruction - PULL to read the input from the TSO terminal(When REXX datastack is empty)

Syntax : PULL var1 var2 var3«

Example :/*REXX*/

say µEnter your name :¶

pull name

say µGood morning µ name

exit

The output will beEnter your name :

Lincoln

Good morning LINCOLN

Note that PULL automatically converts input into

uppercase

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REXX Instruction - UPP ER to translate the contents of a single or several variables touppercase

Syntax : UPPER var1 var2 var3 «

Example :

/*REXX*/

name=µKennedy¶

say µName is µ name

upper name

say µNow name is µ nameexit

Output

Name is Kennedy

Now name is KENNEDY

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REXX Instruction - EX IT Used to unconditionally leave a program

Can optionally pass back a string to the caller

Syntax : EXIT {expression}

Example named PROG2

/*REXX*/

a=10

exit a*10 /* passes back string 100 to the caller */

When prog2 is called in an exec as x=prog2(),then x will

have the value 100

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REXX Instruction - IF Used to conditionally execute a single REXX stmt or a

group of REXX statements

Syntax : If expression then stmt;

else stmt;

If expression is evaluated TRUE(1) then the THEN part is

performed and if FALSE(0) then the ELSE part is

performed.

A group of REXX statements can be grouped together by

using DO«END

Nested IF¶s are allowed in REXX.

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REXX Instructions - NOP

NOP stands for No-operation

Causes REXX to create No-operation condition

Only useful as a target of THEN or ELSE clause

Syntax : NOP;

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REXX Instructions - IF Example/*REXX*/

say ¶Enter AM/PM :'

pull ampm

if ampm = 'AM' then say 'Good morning!!!'

else if ampm = 'PM' then say 'Good evening!!!'else NOP;

EXIT

Output :

Enter AM/PM :

AM

Good morning!!! When the input is blank or other than AM/PM , theinstruction that gets executed is NOPAlso note that the ELSE clause is not mandatory When the ELSE clause is removed ,the functionality of

the program will still be the same

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REXX Instructions - DO Used to execute a group of REXX statements under the

control of an expression

Has several formats

The repetitive DO construct

DO 5 /* DO X=5 is the same */

say µhi there!!!¶

END

The rexx statements within DO..END will be executed five

times

Contd...

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REXX Instructions - DO Do with loop counter

/*REXX*/

Do I = 1 to 7 by 2 /* 2 is the step value */

say I

End I /* optional to specify the variable */

The output will be

1

3

5

7

Contd...

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REXX Instructions - DO Do..While construct

/*REXX*/

I=1

Do while I < 3

say I

I = I + 1

End

The output

1

2

Contd...

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REXX Instructions - DO Do..Until construct

/*REXX*/

I=1

Do until I > 3

say I

I= I+ 1

End

The output will be

1

2

3

Contd...

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REXX Instructions - DO The Do..Forever special construct

/*REXX*/

Do forever say µinfinite loop¶

end

The above exec results into an infinite loop

Enough care should be taken to check the exit criteria of

the loop, before executing the exec

The LEAVE instruction can be used to exit from the loop

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REXX Instructions - L E AV E Causes REXX to stop executing the current DO-END loop andcontrol passes to the next statement after the END of the DO-END pair

Syntax : LEAVE {name}

Example

/*REXX*/

Do forever

Say µEnter the code :¶

Pull code

If code = µBYE¶ then Leave;

endExit

The above exec will prompt the user for a code until the user enters thecode µBYE¶.

The µname¶ will be used to exit from a particular loop in case of several nested do loops

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REXX Instructions - IT ER AT E Used to restart execution in a DO loop

Syntax : ITERATE {name}

If name is not specified ,ITERATE will step the innermostactive loop

If name is specified,that particular loop is stepped

Example/*REXX*/

Do I = 1 to 3 by 1

If I = 2 then iterate I; /* name is not required */say µI = µ I

end

Output

I = 1

I = 3

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REXX Instructions - S E L EC T Causes REXX to execute one of several different

instructions

Most used when one of the several paths must be followed

Example :/*REXX*/Say µEnter 1 for salad,2 for pizza :¶ pull choiceselect

when choice = 1 then say µHere is the salad¶when choice = 2 then say µHere is the pizza¶otherwise say µYou have opted nothing¶

End

When the input is anything other than 1 or 2 then thecontrol is transferred to OTHERWISE clause.

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REXX Instructions - INT ER P RE T Used to execute instructions that are built dynamically

Allows to build the REXX statements in an exec

Syntax : INTERPRET expression Example :/*REXX*/

out='say hi there!!!'

Interpret out

stmts='do 3; say 'loop'; end'

Interpret stmts

exit Output will be

HI THERE!!!

LOOP

LOOP

LOOP

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REXX Instructions - NUM ER I C Sets controlling limits that govern how REXX evaluates

and reports the results of arithmetic operations

Syntax : NUMERIC DIGITS {expression}

This tells REXX how many significant digits to use when

calculating and printing results

Syntax : NUMERIC FORM { SCIENTIFIC | ENGINEERING }

This tells REXX how arithmetic values that must beexpressed in exponential notation will be presented

NUMERIC FUZZ {expression}

This determines how much two numbers can be different

from each other and still be considered equal by REXX

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REXX Instructions - NUM ER I C Example/*REXX*/numeric digits 4numeric fuzz 1a=1000 b=1004if a = b then say equalelse say unequalexit

OutputEQUAL

Since the FUZZ value is 1,the rightmost is not consideredin the comparison. In the same example ,note that when B takes value 1005and numeric digit is 5 ,the output is UNEQUAL ,as REXXrounds off the value of B to 101,while eliminating its

rightmost digit

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REXX Instructions - NUM ER I C Numeric form scientific causes REXX to always place one

non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point

Numeric form engineering makes REXX use powers of ten

in exponential notation that are always a multiple of three

Example/*REXX*/

numeric digits 5

numeric form scientific

a=123.45 * 1e11say a form() /* 1.2345E+13 SCIENTIFIC */

numeric form engineering

a=123.45 * 1e11

say a form() /* 12.345E+12 ENGINEERING */

exit

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REXX Instructions - PA RS E Tells REXX how to assign data to one or more variables

PARSE NUMERIC name returns the current settings of numeric options DIGITS,FUZZ and FORM

PARSE PULL makes REXX get the string from the REXXdata stack.If the stack is empty,REXX will get the stringfrom the terminal

PARSE VALUE parses a string under the control of thetemplate

PARSE VALUE expression WITH template

PARSE VAR indicates that the string to be parsed is not aliteral but a variable

PARSE VERSION returns REXX interpreter level and thedate released

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REXX Instructions - PA RS E Ex. parse value µNapolean the great¶ with w1 w2 w3

w1 = Napolean w2 = the w3 = great

parse value µNapolean the great¶ with w1 9 w2

w1 = µNapolean µ w2 = µthe great¶

parse value 'salt+water=brine' with w1 '+' w2 '=' w3

w1 = salt w2 = water w3 = brine

parse version vervar

say vervar

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REXX Instructions - D ROP Used to return one or more REXX variables to their initial

or uninitialised state

Syntax : DROP name1 name2 name3«.;

Same variable can be dropped more than once

Examples

drop a /* Unassigns the variable a*/

drop z.5 /* Unassigns the stem variable z.5 */

drop d. /* Unassigns all the vars starting with d. */

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REXX Instructions - ADD RE SS To indicate the destination of non-rexx commands

Syntax ADDRESS destination

The destination could be any one of these

TSO - Routes commands to TSOISPEXEC - Routes commands to ISPF/PDF

ISREDIT - Routes commands to the ISPF Edit macro processor

Note : Other destinations exist,but beyond the scope of this

training Example :

Address tso µlista st¶ /* the destination is set */

µlistds(µtcs.rexx.exec¶) members¶ /* to TSO */

Address ispexec /* Dest. Changed and set */

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REXX Instructions - Procedure used to protect the variables in existence when the function

or subroutine is called

When a RETURN instruction is executed by the calledfunction or subroutine ,all variables saved by the

PROCEDURE instruction are restored to the state they were

in when saved

Syntax : PROCEDURE { EXPOSE name1 {name2}«}

name1, name2 are not protected from the subroutine.That is

they are exposed to the subroutine

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REXX Instructions - ProcedureExample

/*REXX */

lines=2

pages=3call showlyns

say 'The line count is' lines ',the page count is' pages

/* 'say' above displays 10 for lines and 3 for pages */

exit

showlyns: procedure expose lines

lines=10;pages=1 /* sets caller's 'lines' variable */

/* but a local 'pages' variable */

return

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REXX Instructions - A RG To parse out the arguments passed to a program or internalsubroutine and store the arguments in variables

Ex :

/*REXX*/

arg a,b

c = a+ b

say µThe sum is µ c

exit

When invoked as TSO SUM 4 5,the output will be

The sum is 9

REXX does not prompt for any missing arguments

ARG converts the parameters passed to uppercase

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REXX Instructions -

RE TU

R N

used to pass control back to the caller of a subroutine or

function.An optional value can also be passed

Syntax : RETURN {expression }

If invoked as a function ,the value in the return instruction

is substituted for the function call

If invoked as a subroutine , the value in the RETURN

instruction is stored in the REXX special variable RESULT

If the RETURN instruction doesn¶t have any expression ,

then a null string is passed to the caller

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REXX Instructions -

C ALL

used to invoke an internal or external subroutine and built-

in-functions

The called routine usually uses the ARG function to extract

the parameters passed by the call

Examplearg x /* parse 'x' */call factorial x /* go get factorial of 'x' */say x'! =' result /* write result out */

exit

factorial: procedure /* factorial subroutine */arg n /* parse 'x' */if n=0 then return 1 /* quit when done */call factorial n-1 /* call myself with x minus 1 */

return result * n /* build up answer in 'result' */

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REXX Instructions - SI

G NAL

It is an equivalent command for the infamous GOTO

command in other languages

Syntax : SIGNAL label

Example/*REXX*/say µBefore signal¶ /* displayed */signal byesay µAfter signal¶ /* never gets executed */

exit bye:say µIn signal¶ /* displayed */exit

Note that the say instruction after signal will never get

executed

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REXX Instruction - PUSH

used to place a new element on a REXX data stack

Syntax : PUSH {expression}

Places the element on the top of the REXX data stack

The length of an element can be up to 16,777,215

A null string of length zero is stacked if the expression is

omitted

stacks strings LIFO sequence

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REXX Instruction - QU

E U E

used to place a new element on the bottom of a REXX data

stack

Syntax : QUEUE { expression }

stacks strings in FIFO sequence

a null length string is stacked if expression is omitted

The PULL instruction is used extract an element from the

top of the REXX data stack

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REXX Functions

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REXX FunctionsA function is a sequence of instructions that can receive data,

process that data, and return a value. In REXX, there are

several kinds of functions:

Built-in functions -- These functions are built into thelanguage processor. More about built-in functions appears

later in this topic.

User-written functions -- These functions are written by an

individual user or supplied by an installation and can be

internal or external.An internal function is part of the current

exec that starts at a label. An external function is a self-

contained program or exec outside of the calling exec

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REXX Functions - ABS

Returns the absolute value of a number

The absolute value of a number is the value of the number

without the sign being considered

The number of digits returned is governed by current

NUMERIC DIGITS setting

Examples:

ABS(¶56.7') returns the number 56.7

numeric digits 2

ABS(' -0.125') returns the number 0.13

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REXX Functions - ADD

RE SS

returns the current setting of the destination to which the

non-REXX commands in an REXX exec is addressed to

Note the the default destination is TSO

Example

/*REXX*/

say address() /* returns TSO */

address ispexec

say address() /* returns ISPEXEC */

address isredit /* returns ISREDIT */

say address()

exit

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REXX Functions -

CE NT

ER

used to center one string within a certain length area and

pad on the left and right of the centered string with an

optional padding character

Syntax : CENTER(string, length{,pad})

The default padding character is spaces

Examples :

say center(µuswest¶,10,¶*¶)

returns **USWEST**

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REXX Functions -

C OMPA

RE

used to compare two strings and return a zero if the stringsare the same ,or a non-zero number if they are not

non-zero number is the position of the first mismatchingcharacter found

Syntax : COMPARE(string1,string2{,pad})

If the optional padding character is specified,then theshorter string is padded and compared

Examples :COMPARE('123','123') returns a 0 (exact match)

COMPARE('FO?? ','FO','?') returns a 5 (1st mismatch after padding)

COMPARE('abc','ak') returns a 2 (first mismatching char)

COMPARE('ZZ ','ZZ','x') returns a 3 (1st mismatch found 3 chars in)

COMPARE('MA ','MA') returns a 0 (exact match with padding)

COMPARE('xy ','xy',' ') returns a 0 (exact match with padding)

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REXX Functions -

C OPI

E S

used to concatenate or append a string to itself a certain

number of times

Syntax : COPIES(string,n)

Examples

COPIES('Hello',4) returns 'HelloHelloHelloHello'

COPIES('Say what?',0) returns '' (null string)

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REXX Functions - DATATYP

E

used to determine the data type of the string passed

Syntax : DATATYPE(string{,type})

If type is omitted,NUM is returned if the string is a validnumber and CHAR is returned in all other cases

If type is specified,either TRUE(1) or FALSE(0) is returned The valid types are as followsA - Alphanumeric N - NumericW - Whole number L - Lowercase

U - UppercaseM - Mixed case

ExamplesDATATYPE(' 44 ') returns NUM (numeric)DATATYPE('*1**') returns CHAR (caharcter string)DATATYPE('Wally','M') returns a 1 (mixed case)

DATATYPE('75.54','W') returns a 0 (not a whole number)

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REXX Functions - DAT

E returns the current date

An optional character can be passed to obtain date inspecific formats

Syntax : DATE({option})

Some of the chars that can be passed are

U returns date in USA format, 'mm/dd/yy¶

J returns a Julian date in the form 'yyddd¶

W returns the day of the week (e.g. 'Tuesday', 'Sunday', etc.)

Examplessay date() /* returns 17 Dec 1999 */

say date('U') /* returns 12/17/99 */

say date('J') /* returns 99351 */

say date('W') /* returns Friday */

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REXX Functions - D

E LST

R used to delete or remove one string from within another string

Syntax : DELSTR(string,n{,length})

'string' is the string from which a portion is to be deletedstarting with character number 'n', where 'n' is a positiveinteger

The length of the portion to be deleted is given by theoptional length parameter

When µn¶ is greater than the length of the string no action is performed

ExamplesDELSTR('abcde',3,2) deletes 'cd', leaving 'abe'

DELSTR('zyxw',3) leaves 'zy', deleting 'xw'

DELSTR('12345',6) no change, since 6 is greater than string length

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REXX Functions - DI

G ITS

returns the current setting of the NUMERIC DIGITS

option

Takes no parameters

ExampleDIGITS() /* returns a 9 if REXX default hasn't been changed */

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REXX Functions - FO

R M

used to extract the current setting of the NUMERIC FORM

option

returns SCIENTIFIC or ENGINEERING

Example

say from() /* returns default scientific */

numeric form engineering

say form() /* returns engineering */

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REXX Functions - FO

R MAT

used to round off and format a number using REXX rules

optional values can be passed which decides the number of

digits before and after the decimal point

Syntax : FORMAT(number{,{before}}{,{after}})

If before and after are not specified ,the number of digits

that are needed to present the rounded number are used

ExamplesFORMAT('78',3) returns rounded number ' 78'

FORMAT(' - 8.7',,2) returns rounded number '-8.70'

FORMAT('5.46',3,0) returns rounded number ' 5'

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REXX Functions - FUZZ

used to extract the current setting of the NUMERIC FUZZ

option

The value of FUZZ cannot be greater than the DIGITSsetting

Example

/*REXX*/

say fuzz() /* returns the default zero */

numeric fuzz 2

say fuzz() /* returns 2 */

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REXX Functions - IND

EX

used to find the position of one character string within

another character string

Syntax : INDEX(string,substring{,start})

'start' is an optional starting character position for the

search within µstring¶

ExamplesINDEX('hello','ll') returns a 3

INDEX('say what','w ') returns a 0

INDEX('zyxwvu','vu',6) returns a 0

INDEX('zyxwvu','vu',2) returns a 5

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REXX Functions - L

E FT

used to extract the leftmost characters of the string

Syntax : LENGTH(string,length{,pad})

If string is shorter than length,the string returned is

padded with µpad¶ char in the function call if available or

with the default pad character blank.

Examples :

LEFT('Wallawalla',4) returns 'Wall'

LEFT('Republicans',20,'-') returns 'Republicans---------'

LEFT('Motley Crue ',8) returns 'Motley C'

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REXX Functions - L

E N G

TH

used to return the length of the string passed to the

function

Syntax : LENGTH(string)

Examples :

LENGTH('LIFO') returns 4

LENGTH('Rubber baby buggy bumpers') returns 25

LENGTH('') returns 0 (null string)

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REXX Functions - MA

X

returns the maximum numeric value from a list of

numeric values

Syntax : MAX(number{,number}...)

The size of the numeric value returned is limited to thecurrent setting of NUMERIC DIGITS.

Up to 20 numbers may be specified as arguments to

MAX.

Calls to MAX can be nested if more are needed

Examples :

MAX(21,22,81,67) returns 81

MAX(27.32,0.45,102.3) returns 102.3

The MIN function is similar to MAX except that it returns the

minimum value

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REXX Functions - POS

returns the position, relative to 1, of one string within

another.

Syntax : POS(substring,string{,startloc})

A zero is returned if substring is not found within µstring¶

Examples

POS('M','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ') returns 13

POS('Smith','Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith') returns 37

POS('hart','MVS is breaking my heart...',4) returns 0 (not found)

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REXX Functions - QU

E U E D

returns the no of elements that remain on the REXX datastack

No arguments

If queued() returns zero,that indicates the REXX data stack is empty and the next PULL instruction will obtain input fromthe TSO terminal

Example

/*REXX*/

newstack push a

queue b

say queued() /* returns 2 */

delstack

exit

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REXX Functions -

R ANDOM generates a "pseudo-random" number that will lie

somewhere between a supplied (or defaulted) upper andlower bound."pseudo-random" means that the number is nottruly random, but it behaves as if it was. Syntax : RANDOM({min}{,{max}{,seed}}) Difference between min & max <= 100000 the default value for min is 0 and max is 999 If only one number is supplied,then a number will begenerated in the range of zero to that number µseed¶ is an optional whole number and when specified

gives repeatable results each time the exec is invoked Examples :RANDOM() returns a random number 'n', in range 0 =< n =< 999

RANDOM(32,35) returns a random number 'n', in range 32 =< n =< 35

RANDOM(,,251) returns a random number 'n', in range 0 =< n =< 999,

and returns the same one every time called this way

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REXX Functions -

RE V ER

S E

This function reverses the order of all characters in a string Syntax : REVERSE( string)

Example

say reverse(µTCSUSWEST¶)

returns µTSEWSUSCT¶

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REXX Functions - SI

G N

used to determine the sign of a number

Syntax : SIGN(number)

returns -1 if the number is negative returns 0, if the nuber is zero

returns +1,if the number is positive

the number is rounded to meet the current setting for

NUMERIC DIGITS before the test.

Examples :SIGN('-22.811') returns -1

SIGN(0.0) returns 0

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REXX Functions - ST

R IP

used to remove the leading and/or trailing characters from

a character string

Syntax : STRIP(string{,{option}{,char}})

The default char for µchar¶ is blank

The µoption¶ can take either L or T or B and the default

option is B

Examples :

STRIP(' February 11, 1989 ') returns 'February 11, 1989'

STRIP('7642.7600',T,0) returns '7642.76'

STRIP('$$$$52.4',Leading,$) returns '52.4'

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REXX Function - SUBST

R

used to extract a portion of a string

Syntax : SUBSTR(string,n{,{length}{,pad}})

µlength¶ is the length of extracted substring

if µlength¶ is omitted,the remainder of the string from char

number µn¶ is extracted

The extract string is padded on the right with µpad¶ char, if

there are not enough characters in the extracted substring to

reach µlength¶

Examples :SUBSTR('Hi there',4) returns 'there'

SUBSTR('MVS',1,5) returns 'MVS '

SUBSTR('December 7, 1941',6,15,'-') + 'ber 7, 1941----'

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REXX Function - SYMBOL used to determine whether a symbol is valid REXX symbol

Syntax : SYMBOL(name)

Returns ³BAD´ if the µname¶ is not a valid REXX symbol

If µname¶ is name of the variable with a value assigned to

it,¶VAR¶ is returned

In other cases, µLIT¶ is returned

Examples : j='TSO/E Version 2.1' /* assign value to variable J */

Symbol('J') /* returns VAR since assigned */

Drop j

Symbol('J') /* returns LIT after Drop */

Symbol('.variable') /* returns BAD since 1st character is a '.' */

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REXX Function - TIM

E

returns the current time of day in a variety of different

formats and can also be used to perform elapsed time

calculations

Syntax : TIME({option})µR¶ - elapsed time clock to be set to zero

µE¶ - return elapsed time since previous TIME(µR¶)

µH¶ - No. of hours since midnight

µL¶ - hh:mm:ss:uuuuuu

µS¶ - No. of seconds since midnight

Examples :TIME() returns 09:18:04TIME('L') returns 11:00:32.672567TIME('M') returns 840 /* at 2 in the afternoon */TIME('H') returns 12 /* at noon */TIME('R') returns 0 /* The first call */

TIME('E') returns 18.278190 /* about 18 seconds later */

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REXX Function - T

RUN

C

used to truncate a number to an integer portion and a

decimal fraction portion

Syntax : TRUNC(number{,n})

'n' is the number of decimal places to retain to the right of

the decimal point.If µn¶ is omitted,no decimal places are

returned

Examples:

TRUNC(4096.6904) /* returns 4096, dropping decimal fraction */

TRUNC(0.3,3) /* returns 0.300 */

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REXX Function - US

ER ID

returns the current TSO user id

Format : USERID()

Example

say userid() /* returns the current user id */

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REXX Function - WO

R D

used to extract a specific word from within a string of

words

Syntax : WORD(string,n)

The words in the string must be separated by blanks

µn¶ indicates that the nth word in the string is to be

extracted

Examples :WORD(¶Arise Awake and Stop not',4) /* returns ¶Stop' */

test = '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9'

WORD(test,1) /* returns '1' */

WORD('Carolina moon, what are you doing over Gismo Beach?',10)

/* returns null string */

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REXX Function - WO

R DS

used to determine the number of words contained within a

string of words

Syntax : WORDS(string)

Examples :

WORDS(µArise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached¶)

/* returns 10 */WORDS('1234567890abcdefghikjlmnopqrstuvwxyz $@#!')

/* returns 2 */

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REXX TSO/ E External Functions

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REXX TSO/

E e x

ternal functions

In addition to the built-in functions,TSO/E

provides external functions that you can use to do some

specific tasks.

Functions we will be discussing and frequently used are :

LISTDSI

OUTTRAP

SYSDSN

SYSVAR

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LISTDSI -Ex

ternal Function Returns in variables the dataset attributes of a specified

dataset

The function call is replaced by a function code that

indicates whether or not the call was successful.A non-zerocode indicates that the call was not successful

Example

/*REXX*/

X=LISTDSI(³¶TCS.PDS.COBOL¶´) /* x = function code */IF X=0 THEN DO

SAY µSYSDSORG µ SYSDSORG

SAY µSYSLRECL µ SYSLRECL

END ELSE SAY µCALL UNSUCCESSFUL¶

EXIT

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LISTDSI -Ex

ternal functionThe following points are note-worthy

Note two sets of quotes in the call to LISTDSI

³ - to indicate the parm is literal to REXXµ - to indicate the dsname is fully qualified

The function code should always be checked after the call

The output of the above REXX could be

SYSDSORG PO - PO- Partitioned Dataset

SYSLRECL 80 - Record length

Totally there are 33 variables that are set as a result of the

call to LISTDSI external function

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OUTT R

AP -Ex

ternal Function Traps TSO/E command output into a stem variable

The function call returns the name of the variable

specified

Trapping is capturing the lines of data which otherwise

would have been displayed at the terminal

Example

/*REXX*/x=outtrap("a.") /* turns trap on. x=a. */

"listds 'rhkrish.rexx.exec' members"

x=outtrap("off") /* turns trap off. x=off */

say 'No of lines trapped ' a.0

EXIT

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OUTT R

AP -Ex

ternal functionContd..

The output of the exec could be this

No of lines trapped 57 Note that the no of lines trapped is stored in A.0

All the trapped lines from A.1 to A.n can be used

The outtrap function can be used to trap only a certain no

of lines.

OUTTRAP(³A.´,10)

Only 10 lines trapped.

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SYSDSN -Ex

ternal Function Returns OK if the specified dataset exists; Otherwise

returns appropriate error messages

Example call

available = SYSDSN(³¶tcs.rexx.exec¶´)/* available could be set to "OK" */

The other possible error messages are as followsMEMBER SPECIFIED, BUT DATASET IS NOT PARTITIONED

MEMBER NOT FOUND

DATASET NOT FOUNDERROR PROCESSING REQUESTED DATASET

PROTECTED DATASET

VOLUME NOT ON SYSTEM

UNAVAILABLE DATASET

INVALID DATASET NAME, data-set-name

MISSING DATASET NAME

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SYSVA R

-Ex

ternal Function Uses specific argument values to return information about

the user ,terminal ,language ,system ,exec and console

session

Example

say sysvar(sysuid)

displays the user id.

The arguments corresponding to user information are

SYSPREF - Prefix as defined in user profile

SYSPROC - Logon procedure of current session

SYSUID - User id of current session

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SYSVA R

-Ex

ternal Function Terminal information

SYSLTERM - No of lines available on screen

SYSWTERM - Width of screen

Exec informationSYSENV - Whether exec is running in fore or background

SYSISPF - whether ISPF is active or not

System information

SYSRACF - Whether RACF is availableSYSNODE - Network node name

SYSTSOE - Level to TSO/E installed

Note : Only some of the variables are covered

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REXX TSO/ E C ommands

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REXX

TSO/ E

C

ommands Commands provided with the TSO/E implementation

of the language. These commands do REXX-related tasks

in an exec, such as:

- Control I/O processing of information to and from data

sets(EXECIO)

- Perform data stack services (MAKEBUF, DROPBUF,

QBUF, QELEM,NEWSTACK, DELSTACK, QSTACK)

- Change characteristics that control the execution of anexec

- Check for the existence of a host command environment

(SUBCOM).

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REXX

C

ommand - N E

WSTACK

used to create a new data stack in the REXX environment

When this command is executed, the current data stack issaved and a new stack is created and made the current stack

When the stack is empty,the subsequent pull instruction

obtains input from the TSO terminal When the stack has data elements,the pull instruction getsthe input from the top of the stack

Example"NEWSTACK" /* creates new stack */

Push tcs /* puts µtcs¶ in top of stack */Push uswest /* puts µuswest¶ over µtcs¶ */ pull data /* pulls data from the top of stack */say µfrom the stack µ data /* displays µuswest¶ */ pull data /* pulls data from top of stack */say µfrom the stack µ data /* displays µtcs¶ */ pull data /* obtains input from tso terminal */

"DELSTACK" /* delete stack */

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REXX

C

ommand - D E

LSTACK

used to delete the data stack that was created last in theREXX environment

When this command is executed the most recently createdstack is deleted and all elements on it are purged

If there is any previous data stack,that is made available

Example :³NEWSTACK´ /* new stack is created */

push a /* µa¶ is stored on top */

queue b /* µb¶ is stored at the bottom */

³NEWSTACK´ /* new stack is created */ push c /* µc¶ is stored on top */

say queued() /* displays 1 */

³DELSTACK´ /* deletes the current stack */

say queued() /* displays 2 */

³DELSTACK´ /* deletes the stack */

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REXX

C

ommand - MA KE

BUF used to add a buffer to the data stack in REXX environment

returns the relative number of the buffer on the stack in the

special variable RC

It¶s a temporary extension to the data stack and used whenneed arises to pass some of the elements to a subroutine

Example :³NEWSTACK´ /* creates new stack */Push elem1 /* add an element */

"MAKEBUF" /* add a buffer to stack */saverc = RC /* save number of buffer */

Push elem1 /* add contents of variable elem1 to data stack */

Push saverc /* pass buffer number too */

Call subrtn1 /* call subroutine to handle elements */

"DROPBUF" /* delete buffer,but not stack before makebuf */

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REXX C ommand - D ROPBUF used to delete data stack buffer from the data stack in the

REXX environment

Syntax : DROPBUF {n}

'n' is optional and is the number of the data stack buffer that you wish to remove. That data stack buffer and all those

higher on the stack are removed from the stack when

DROPBUF is executed

If n is omitted ,the recently created buffer is dropped Example :

³DROPBUF ´ /* deletes the recently created buffer */

³DROPBUF 0´ /* deletes buffer and all elements of stack */

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REXX C ommand - QBUF used to determine the number of data stack buffers that have

been explicitly created by the MAKEBUF REXX command

number of buffers will be returned through special variable

RC

If no buffers have been created via makebuf , a 0(zero) is

returned is RC

Example :

"MAKEBUF" /* creates buffer 1 */

"MAKEBUF" /* creates buffer 2 */

"DROPBUF" /* deletes buffer 2 */

"MAKEBUF" /* creates buffer 2 again */

"QBUF" /* returns a 2 */

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REXX C ommand - Q E L E M The QELEM REXX command is used to determine the

number of data stack elements that are contained in the

buffer that was most recently created by the MAKEBUF

REXX command

If no buffers have been created via makebuf , a 0 is

returned in RC

Example :"MAKEBUF" /* creates a buffer */

Push µTCS¶Push µTATA¶Push µCONSULTANCY¶Push µSERVICES¶"QELEM" /* returns a 4 in RC */"DROPBUF" /* deletes buffer and elements in it */"QELEM" /* returns a 0 in RC */

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REXX C ommand - QSTACK used to determine the total number of data stacks currently

is existence

The no of data stacks includes the original REXX data

stack, as well as those created via the NEWSTACK command

If no additional stacks have been created via NEWSTACK

, a 1 is returned is RC

Example

"QSTACK" /* returns a 1 in RC */

"NEWSTACK" /* creates a new data stack*/

"NEWSTACK" /* creates another new data stack*/

"QSTACK" /* returns a 3 in RC */

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REXX C ommand - EXEC IO used to perform read and write operations against a

sequential dataset or a pds member

The data is either read from the data set and placed on the

data stack or into a list of variables, or written from the datastack or a list of variables into the data set

Syntax for read operations :

EXECIO {lines ¦ *} DISKR ddname {linenum}

{ ( {{FINIS}} ¦ { STEM var {FINIS} } {)} }

Syntax for write operations :

EXECIO {lines ¦ *} DISKW ddname { ( {STEM var} {FINIS} {)} }

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REXX C ommand - EXEC IO Example

/* read all lines in data set and display them */Address TSO /* pass unknowns to TSO */

Parse Arg dsn /* get data set name */"ALLOC DD(TEMP) DA("dsn") SHR" /* allocate file */

end_of_data = 0 /* negate end of file */

Do While end_of_data = 0

'EXECIO 1 DISKR TEMP ( FINIS' /* read a record onto stack */

If RC = 2 then end_of_data = 1 Else Nop /* set end-of-file? */

Pull line /* get line off stack */Say line /* display line */

End

Note : This example uses the original REXX data stack.

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REXX C ommand - EXEC IO/* Example 2 - copy a file into another */

Address TSO

"ALLOC F(IN) DA('SYS1.PROCBLIB(ASMHCL)') SHR"

"ALLOC F(OUT) DA(µTATA001.DELETE.ME¶) SHR"

'EXECIO * DISKR IN (STEM DATA. FINIS' /* copy file into stem*/Queue /* add null line to stack */

'EXECIO * DISKW OUT (STEM DATA. FINIS' /* copy using stem*/

"FREE F(IN,OUT)"

SAY µNo of lines in input : µ data.0

EXIT

Note : This example uses stem variable data to read the contents of input

file.The Number of lines read will be stored in data.0.

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Executing REXX in Batch

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Executing REXX in batch

Need arises when the REXX exec takes longer time

to complete the execution.So time-consuming and low

priority execs can be run in background

Main advantage - Batch mode does not interfere with persons use of the terminal

Only those execs which do not require any sort of

terminal interaction can be run in batch mode.

A JCL as shown in the next slide can be used to

invoke a REXX exec.

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Executing REXX in Batch - J C L//TSOBATCH EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMBR=30,REGION=4096K

//SYSEXEC DD DSN=TCS.REXX.EXEC,DISP=SHR

//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=A

//SYSTSIN DD *

% SETUP

/*

//

The following points are to be noted :

IKJEFT01 - TSO command processor program

SYSEXEC - System DD card to which REXX librariesare concatenated

SYSTSPRT - Destination of the REXX output,as wellthe TSO command processor

Contd.«.

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Executing REXX in Batch - J C LContd.«.

SYSTSIN - Instream card wherein TSO commands or invocation of REXX execs can be issued

The dataset TCS.REXX.EXEC is a PDS and has amember of the name SETUP.

The Instream data can be used to invoke an REXX execeither implicitly or explicitly as indicated below

%SETUP >>>> Implicit

EXEC µTCS.REXX.EXEC(SETUP)¶ EXEC >>>> Explicit

Any parameters to the exec can be passed as below

%SETUP µparm1¶ µparm2¶

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REXX Exec - ExampleAfter the execution of the exec,If there are any elements in

the REXX data stack,those elements will be treated as TSO

commands and will get executed

Example - To purge a user Id

/*REXX*/

arg uname

queue ³c u =³uname

queue ³end´

³OPER´

exit

Invoke the above exec as ===> TSO CUSER TATA001

A similar exec can be written to display all the users

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REXX E DIT MACRO

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E dit Macros - Introduction Primary commands that users write.An example is the oft-used CUT R or the PASTE K command

Using Edit macros save time and keystrokes

- Deleting all the lines with first character as µ*¶ Edit macro is a series of edit commands placed in a datasetor a member of partitioned dataset

- To find lines with char µa¶ in Col. 31 and char µb¶ inCol. 35

Used to perform often-repeated tasks

- Block commenting lines in a COBOL program

To run an Edit macro,Type its name and any operands on

the command line and press enter

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E dit Macros - BasicsAssignment statement

Consists of two parts ,values and key-phrases,which areseparated by an equal sign

Value segment is the data in the macro and key-phrase

segment represents the data in the editor Can be used to pass data from the edit macro to the editor or to transfer data from the editor to the edit macro

Data is always transferred from the right hand side of theequal sign in an assignment statement to the left hand side

Example : ³ISREDIT (data) = LINE .ZCSR´

The data in the current line is stored in the variabledata.so the value segment is data,key-phrase segment is LINEand hence the transfer of data is from the editor to the editmacro.

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E DIT Macros - Parameters

Parameters can be passed to the EDIT macro using the

statement µISREDIT MACRO(parm)¶

Suppose the macro name copymem and If it is invoked as

Command ====> COPYMEM MYFIRST

then MYFIRST is assigned to the variable µparm¶.

More than one variable can be passed

If there are more variable names than parameters, theunused variables are set to nulls.

The macro statement should be the first executable

statement in a macro

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E DIT Macros - LabelsA Label is an alphabetic string character used to name lines

A label must begin with a period (.) and be followed by no

more than 8 alphabetic characters, the first of which cannot

be Z. No special characters or numeric characters are

allowed.

The editor-assigned labels are:

.ZCSR The data line on which the cursor is currently

positioned

.ZFIRST The first data line Can be abbreviated .ZF

.ZLAST The last data line. Can be abbreviated .ZL

.ZFRANGE The first line in a range specified by you.

.ZLRANGE The last line in a range specified by you.

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E DIT Macro - Assignment stmts. MEMBER

Retrieves the name of the library member being edited

If a sequential dataset is being edited ,the variable is set to blanks

µISREDIT (memname) = MEMBER¶

DATASET

Used to get the current dataset name

µISREDIT (dsnname) = DATASET¶

LOCATE

Used to position the cursor in a particular line using label or the line number

µISREDIT LOCATE .ZCSR¶

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E DIT MACRO - Ex : Showonly

/*REXX*/

"ISREDIT MACRO (STRING)" /* STRING IS THE PARAMETER */

"ISREDIT X ALL" /* EXCLUDE ALL LINES */

"ISREDIT F ALL " STRING /* FIND ONLY PARM PASSED */

EXIT

This macro is very simple one and uses EXCLUDE and

FIND macro commands

It displays only the lines with the string passed to the macro

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E DIT Macro - Assignment stmts. CURSOR

used to position the cursor in a particular row and column

µISREDIT (row,col) = CURSOR¶

µISREDIT CURSOR = (row,col)¶ LABEL

sets or retrieves the values for the label on the specified lineand places the values in variablesµISREDIT (var1) = LABEL .ZCSR¶

µISREDIT LABEL .ZCSR = (.here)¶

LINENUM

retrieves the current relative line number of a specified label

µISREDIT (lnum) = LINENUM .ZL¶

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E DIT Macro - Assignment stmts. LINE

Sets or retrieves the data from the data line specified by theline pointer

µISREDIT (lndata) = LINE .ZCSR¶

µISREDIT LINE .ZCSR = (datavar)¶ LINE_AFTER

Adds a line after a specified line in the current datasetISREDIT LINE_AFTER lptr = <DATALINE> data

<INFOLINE>

<MSGLINE ><NOTELINE>

µISREDIT LINE_AFTER .ZCSR = DATALINE (datavar)¶

LINE_BEFORE

Similar to the LINE_AFTER stmt except that it adds a line

before the specified the line

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E DIT Macro - Assignment stmts. RANGE_CMD

Identifies the name of a line command entered from the

keyboard

µISREDIT (varname) = RANGE_CMD¶

NUMBER Sets number mode, which controls the numbering of lines in

the current data.

µISREDIT NUMBER ON STD COBOL¶

µISREDIT NUMBER ON STD DISPLAY¶

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E DIT Macro - Ex : VSAV E /*REXX*/

/* This macro is used to save a member of a PDS when in view mode */

'isredit macro' /* No arguments */

address isredit /* Changing the host environment */

"(mem) = MEMBER" /* storing member name in mem */

"(dsn) = DATASET" /* storing dsname is dsn */If mem = '' then do /* if mem is spaces,its PS */

say 'designed for PDS member'

exit /* exit from program */

end

"isredit save" /* trying to save the source */

if rc = 0 then do /* Not in view mode */

say 'Not in view mode.use SAVE'

exit /* Exit from the program */

end

Contd.

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E DIT Macro - Ex : VSAV E "isredit repl .zf .zl " mem /* Issuing replace command */

if rc = 0 then /* check for success */

say 'member saved.Exit from view mode'

else

say 'member not saved.Return code ' RC

exit

The macro can be used to save a member of a PDS,when it is

opened in view mode.

It checks whether the dataset being edited is a PDS

It also checks whether the EDIT is in VIEW mode by tryingto save the dataset

After these checks,the REPL command is issued.

Note : CREATE command can be used to create a new

member with the same data

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E DIT Macro C ommand PROCESS

allows the macro to control when line commands or data

changes typed at the keyboard are processed

ISREDIT PROCESS <DEST> <RANGE cmd1 <cmd2>> µDEST¶ specifies that the macro can capture an A or B line

command .The .ZDEST label is set to the line preceding the

insertion point.If A or B is not not entered ZDEST is set to

last line

RANGE specified the line commands µcmd1¶ and µcmd2¶which the user can enter

The .ZFRANGE label is set to the first line identified by

the line command that you have entered, and .ZLRANGE is

set to the last line.

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E DIT Macro - Ex : C OMM E NT /*REXX*//*used to comment eztrieve source code in edit/view mode */address isredit /* Changes environment */'MACRO NOPROCESS' /* all line cmds -process later */'PROCESS RANGE N' /* process line cmd N now */if rc ¬= 0 then do /* error if no ln cmd N entered */say 'enter the n line command'exit

end'(lcmd) = RANGE_CMD' /* stores the lncmd entered */'(first) = LINENUM .zfrange' /* stores the first range of N */'(last) = LINENUM .zlrange' /* stores the last range of N */

if first ¬= last then do /* adds note to mark begin& end */temp = '*** comment changes ends ***''LINE_AFTER 'last' = NOTELINE (temp)'temp = '*** comment changes begins ***''LINE_BEFORE 'first' = NOTELINE (temp)'

end

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E DIT Macro - Ex : C OMM E NT Do I = first to last /* first range to last range */

'SHIFT ) ' I /* shifts chrs to right 2 cols */

'LINE ¶I' = LINE + *' /* overlays first char with '*' */

End

Exit

the line command µN¶ must be entered prior to invoking the

macro

Line command - N , NN-NN , Nn

Note the use of NOTELINE SHIFT command shifts chars to right

To remove the comments,use the built-in µ((µ left shift line

command

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E DIT Macros - Ex : C PB K /*REXX*/

/* used to zoom a copybook in a cobol program */

/* TEST COPY USWNOTE1. */

ADDRESS ISREDIT

'MACRO'

'(lnum) = LINENUM' .ZCSR '(lndata) = LINE' lnum

lndata = strip(lndata)

dspos = pos('COPY',lndata)

if dspos = 0 then SIGNAL error_msg

lastpos = pos('.',substr(lndata,dspos+5))

member = substr(lndata,dspos+5,lastpos-1)member = strip(member)

dsname = 'app1.common.prod.copylib('||member||')'

address ispexec

"browse dataset('"dsname"')" ;

exit

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E DIT Macros - Ex : C PB K error_msg:

say 'Place the cursor over the COPY verb'

exit

used to browse a copybook mentioned in a COPY verb of a

COBOL program Note the use of SIGNAL instruction

The macro command can be typed at the command prompt

and cursor can be moved to the COPY verb

This macro can also be assigned to a function key using

KEYS command and may be invoked by pressing the

particular key when the cursor is over the COPY verb

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FIL E TAILO R IN G

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FT - Skeletons Skeletons are members of a PDS that have variables and

fixed text.They may be part of a JCL.(Ex JOB stmt)

The skeleton files can contain variable-length records,

with a maximum record length of 255.

Skeletons can be included in a dataset to build a

complete JCL during the run time

Skeleton libraries are to be allocated to the application

library ddname ISPSLIB

The allocation should be done before invoking ISPFAllocation can be done temporarily using ISPF service

LIBDEF

LIBDEF ISPSLIB DATASET ID(µTATA.PDS.SKELS¶)

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File Tailoring - FTOP E N Allows skeleton files to be accessed from the skeleton libraryspecified by ddname ISPSLIB

Output from the file tailoring process will be placed in atemporary file.The name of the temporary file will be stored in

the profile variable ZTEMPF If the output is to be saved in a PS or PDS , the particular library has to allocated to the ddname ISPFILE

Call invocation format

ISPEXEC FTOPEN [TEMP]

TEMP specifies whether the output is to be placed intemporary file or not

If TEMP is not specified,then the ddname ISPFILE should

have been allocated rior to the invocation of FTOPEN

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File Tailoring - FTIN C L

Specifies the skeleton that is to be used to produce the file

tailoring output

Command invocation format

ISPEXEC FTINCL skel-name [NOFT]

NOFT specifies that no file tailoring is to be performed on

the skeleton.So the entire skeleton will be copied to the

output file exactly as is with no variable substitution or

interpretation of control records

NOFT can be used when there are no variables in the

skeleton to be included

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File Tailoring - FT C LOS E used to terminate the file tailoring process and to indicate thefinal disposition of file tailoring output


ISPEXEC FTCLOSE [NAME(member-name)]

[LIBRARY(library)][NOREPL]

NOREPL specifies that FTCLOSE is not to overlay anexisting member in the output library NAME specifies the name of the member in the outputlibrary that is to contain the file tailoring output LIBRARY specifies the name of a DD statement or lib-typeon the LIBDEF service request that defines the output libraryin which the member-name exists. If specified, a generic(non-ISPF) DD name must be used. If this parameter isomitted, the default is ISPFILE.

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File Tailoring - Example

Assume skeleton library as TATA.UTIL.SKELS

Skeleton member JOBSTMT//&JOBNAME JOB (BILL01E0),¶TATA',NOTIFY=&&SYSUID,

// MSGCLASS=T,MSGLEVEL=(1,1) Skeleton member SYNCSORT//STEP01 EXEC PGM=SYNCSORT,REGION=400K

//SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&OLDSRC

//SORTOUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&NEWSRC

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

//SYSIN DD *

SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A)

/*

These are the two skeletons we will be using in the REXX

exec to build the sort cl

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/*REXX*/"ispexec libdef ispslib dataset id(¶tata.util.skels')"say 'enter the jobname :' pull jobname

say 'enter old source dsn :' pull oldsrcsay 'enter new source dsn :' pull newsrc"ispexec ftopen temp""ispexec ftincl jobstmt ""ispexec ftincl syncsort ""ispexec ftclose ""ispexec vget (ztempf)""ispexec edit dataset('"ztempf"')"exit

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If you respond to the prompts for jobname,old dsname andnew dsname with jobsort,tata.old.file and tata.new.filerespectively,the tailored output will look like

//JOBSORT JOB (BILL01E0),¶TATA',NOTIFY=&SYSUID,// MSGCLASS=T,MSGLEVEL=(1,1)//STEP01 EXEC PGM=SYNCSORT,REGION=400K //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TATA.OLD.FILE//SORTOUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TATA.NEW.FILE//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*//SYSIN DD *

SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A)/*

Note that all three variables have been substituted with

appropriate values

Note the single ampersand in the NOTIFY parameter

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ISPF Panels

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A Simple panel definition)ATTR DEFAULT(%+ _)

% TYPE(TEXT) INTENS(HIGH)+ TYPE(TEXT) INTENS(LOW) _ TYPE(INPUT) INTENS(HIGH) CAPS(ON) JUST(LEFT)

)BODY+ A Sample panel - REXX Training+ -------------------------------------

+ + %Enter your name please ==>_urname + + + %Name cannot exceed more than 15 chars + + + +Press ENTER to continue,PF3 to exit + +

+ + )INIT)PROC

VER (&URNAME,NB,ALPHAB))END

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REXX Exec - Panel Ex./*REXX*/

"ispexec libdef ispplib dataset id('rhkrish.test.panels')"

"ispexec display panel(expan)"

if RC ¬= 0 then do

say 'command cancelled'

exitend

else

say 'Your name is ' urname

exit

A simple REXX Exec that displays a panel that prompts for

the user nameAfter the panel is submitted, the name entered is displayed

After the panel is displayed and inputs are entered,if enter is

pressed RC is zero and if PF3 pressed, RC will be 8

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REXX - Panel Ex. Output

A Sample panel - REXX Training

-------------------------------------

Enter your name please ==> abcdefghijklmno

Name cannot exceed more than 15 chars

Press ENTER to continue,PF3 to exit

Advanced panels

Point and Shoot Fields

Action Bar Choice

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ISPF TABL E S

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ISPF Tables

ISPF tables are analogous to arrays

A table can exist with or without a keyAn ISPF table is stored in a PDS dataset

Application library - ISPTLIB

The table output library must be allocated to a ddname of

ISPTABL

There are over 20 ISPF services that are relevant to tables

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ISPF Tables - TBCRE AT E creates a new table in virtual storage and opens it for

processing

allows specification of the variable names that correspond to

columns in the table

one or more variables can be defined as keys to a table

Command invocation formatISPEXEC TBCREATE table-name [KEYS(key-name-list)]

[NAMES(name-list)]

[WRITE|NOWRITE] table-name can be 1 to 8 alphanumeric characters in length

and must begin with an alphabet

name-list are the list of variables that forms the columns of

the table

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ISPF Tables - TBCRE AT E

WRITE is the default option and indicates that the table is

permanent and is to be saved either by TBSAVE or TBCLOSE

NOWRITE specifies that the table is for temporary use onlyand it is to be deleted by either TBEND or TBCLOSE

Example

³TBCREATE FSTATUS KEYS(FCODE) NAMES(MESSAGE) WRITE ³

³TBCREATE TELBOOK KEYS(TELNO) NAMES(ADR1 ADR2)´

³TBCREATE ADDRESS NAMES(NAME ADDR1 ADDR2 PIN) ³

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ISPF Tables - TBOP E N reads a permanent table from the table input file into

virtual storage, and opens it for processing


ISPEXEC TBOPEN table-name [WRITE|NOWRITE]

Example

³ISPEXEC TBOPEN FSTATUS WRITE´ and

³ISPEXEC TBOPEN FSTATUS ´ are the same as WRITE isthe default option

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ISPF Tables - TBADDAdds a new row of variables to the table

For tables without keys,the row is added after the current

row

For tables with keys ,the table is searched to ensure that thenew row has a unique key

Command invocation formatISPEXEC TBADD table-name

[SAVE(name-list)]

[ORDER]ORDER ensures no duplicate key condition

Example³ISPEXEC TBADD TELBOOK ORDER´

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ISPF Tables - TBS C AN Searches a table for a row with values that match an

argument list


³ISPEXEC TBSCAN table-name [ARGLIST(name-list)]´

Example

³ISPEXEC TBSCAN FSTATUS ARGLIST(FCODE)´

Searches the table FSTATUS using the argument FCODE and

fetches the error message associated with it.If the row exists inthe table, the error message will be stored in the variable

MESSAGE as in the TBCREATE service

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ISPF Tables - TBS K IP

Moves the current row pointer of a table forward by +1

All variables in the row,including keys and extensionvariables ,If any ,are stored into the corresponding variables as

defined in the TBCREATE statement


³ISPEXEC TBSKIP table-name´

TBSKIP has many other parameters which are beyond the

scope of this training

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ISPF Tables - TBSAV E writes the specified table from virtual storage to the table

output library

The table output library must be allocated to the ddname

ISPTABL

The table must be open in WRITE mode

TBSAVE does not delete the virtual storage of the table


ISPEXEC TBSAVE table-name NAME(alt-name)

µalt-name¶ - the table will stored in the output library with the alternate

name

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ISPF Tables - TB E ND

deletes the virtual storage copy of the specified

table,making it unavailable for further processing

The permanent copy is not changed


³ISPEXEC TBEND table-name´

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ISPF Tables - TBC LOS E Terminates processing of a specified table and deletes the

virtual storage copy

If the table was opened in write mode ,TBCLOSE copies

the table from virtual storage to the table output library

If the table was opened in NOWRITE mode ,TBCLOSE

simply deletes the virtual storage copy


ISPEXEC TBCLOSE table-name

Example

³ISPEXEC TBCLOSE FSTATUS´

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ISPF Tables - Example - 1 Creating and storing data in a table

/*REXX*/

address ispexec

"libdef isptabl dataset id('rhkrish.test.tables')""tbcreate rexxerr keys(ecode) names(etext) write"

do i = 1 to 49

ecode=i

etext= errortext(i)

"tbadd rexxerr order"end

"tbclose rexxerr"

exit

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ISPF Tables - Example - 2 Searching the table for a particular value

/*REXX*/

address ispexec

"libdef isptabl dataset id('rhkrish.test.tables')"

"tbopen rexxerr nowrite"say 'enter the error code (1-49) :'

pull ecode

"tbscan rexxerr arglist(ecode)"

if rc = 0 then say 'The error mesg is ' etext

else say 'row does not exist'

"tbclose rexxerr"

say 'Error mesg using function-' errortext(ecode)

exit

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ISPF Tables - Example 3 Displaying all the rows of a table

/*REXX*/

address ispexec

"libdef isptabl dataset id('rhkrish.test.tables')"

"tbopen rexxerr nowrite"

"tbskip rexxerr"

if RC ¬= 0 then do

say 'tbskip error RC - ' RC

exit

end

say "ECODE ETEXT"

do while RC = 0say ecode etext

"tbskip rexxerr"

end

"tbclose rexxerr"

exit

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List of References REXX in the TSO Environment - Gabriel F.Gargiulo

Book manager in MVS

Shelf Name Description

TSO_V2R5 TSO/E V2R5 Bookshelf

ISPF_V42 ISPF 4.2 for MVS Library

Book Name Book Title

IKJ2C307 TSO/E V2R5 REXX/MVS User's Guide

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