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by **Nizar16** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:40 am

Hi All,

I need to separate the pds and member from the single input.
Consider an example,

INPUT:
A527971.REXX.PDS(SAMPLE)

The input should be validate , I want pds in one variable and member in one variable.
Can any one help me pls...

Thanks,
Nizar

by **dick scherrer** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 8:27 am

Hello,

Post what you have done so far.

Tell us where there is a problem or where you are stuck.

There are many examples in the forum that you could look thru for something like what you want.

We are here to help, not to do the work for you.

by **Nizar16** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:02 am

Hi dick,
consider this as an exampl sample code

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/******REXX******/
Do until ds <> ' '
say ' Enter the dataset-name and member(enter EXIT to come out)'
pull ds /* to get the dataset name */
upper ds
if ds = 'EXIT' then
exit
end
dd = strip(ds)
pds="'"||dd||"'"

if sysdsn(pds) ¬= 'OK' then
Do
Say sysdsn(pds)
Exit
end

Code'd

it validate the pds and menber tat's fine i need to separate the pds and member..? and write it to one temp variable

by **mongan** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 12:21 pm

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parse var ds dsname '(' member ')' .

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