| Continuing a statement over more than one line |
Continuing an instruction over more than one line |
Use - or + IF &STR(SYSDATE)=&STR(10/13/87) THEN +
WRITE On &SYSDATE the system was down.
|
Use , say 'This instruction',
'covers two lines.'
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| Separating statements within a line |
Separating instructions within a line |
| No more than one statement per line |
Use ; do 5; Say 'Hello'; end
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| Character set of statements |
Character set of instructions |
| Must be in uppercase |
Can be upper, lower, or mixed case |
| Comments |
Comments |
| Enclose between /* */, closing
delimiter optional at the end of a line. |
Enclose between /* */, closing
delimiter always required. |
z/OS TSO/E REXX User's Guide
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