IBM Mainframe Forum

Hi All,

please guide me to use appropriate quotes in below syntax,

dataset_name = " ' " xyz.abc.opl " ' "
file = dataset_name
x = outtrap(dc.)
"listds (" ' file ' " )members"
x = outtrap(off)

I have tried to get the members of the dataset by using the above code,but due to improper qutotaions I dint get the output.
kindly help me out.

Thanks,
Skanda

When you:
SAY dataset_name and file
what do you get
What do you get when you put a trace on?
Why move 'dataset_name' to 'file'?

hi,

(I) When I used the datasaet_name and file with the quotations mentioned, members of the dataset is not listed in the stem variable.
so I couldn't process further.(I guess that there might be mistake in the quotation that's why the member of the mentioned dataset is not listed)
(ii)For display purpose I have moved dataset name to file.

Thanks,
Skanda

You did not really answer any of Nicc's questions. I do not believe he was asking for descriptive answers, but to show us exactly what you see in the trace.

There are probably other errors, but this comes to mind:

You should know that both the double-quote and the single quote are delimiters for constants. In this line, you have three constants, the same as this:

It will not try to resolve the variables like you expect because no variables are shown here; they are all quoted strings.

These users thanked the author Pedro for the post:

SKANDA (Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:31 pm)

Exactly, Pedro.
Skanda, both dataset_name and file will have their contents displayed nicely using SAY as one is a simple copy of the other. All data in Rexx is text. If that text is numeric then rexx can do maths with it.

You can probably do this:

You can also add thge following line before the assignment to dataset_name

and the following after the Say

These users thanked the author NicC for the post:

SKANDA (Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:22 pm)

When you edit rexx programs using the ISPF editor, issue the 'HI ON' command. Context sensitive highlighting will be turned on. It will be readily apparent when you type a constant vs. when you time a variable.

assuming that the datasetname is xyz.abc.opl then this is how to do it:

Note that you cannot have blanks between the apostrophes, so if xyz.abc.opl is a stem variable containing the datasetname then the first assignment must be like this:

Hi all,

Thank you all for your great response.
I got the thing which I want.
Thank you NicC by using "Trace" option only I can find the mistake where I went wrong..

Many Thanks,
Skanda

You should always, ALWAYS, ALWAYS use Trace before you post a query.

These users thanked the author NicC for the post:

SKANDA (Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:53 pm)