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hi
i would like these set statement:
that doesn't work.
how can I do this?

eric

Coded

how can I do this?

Write a program in the language of your choice.

JCL is not an appropriate way for what you tried to do, as you found out.

You would have to execute your program in this job to resolve the variable and then submit another job that uses that value.

And what does this ongoing topic have to to with REXX??

It looks like the TS is trying to set JCL variables to Rexx statements.

Then why not move it to the "Stupid questions" and be done with it?

prino wrote:Then why not move it to the "Stupid questions" and be done with it?

because you don't understand, it is not a stupid question. Jes2 runs Clist statements, but apparently not this Rexx one.

ericjanssens wrote:

prino wrote:Then why not move it to the "Stupid questions" and be done with it?

because you don't understand, it is not a stupid question. Jes2 runs Clist statements, but apparently not this Rexx one.

JES2 running CLIST statements?

Be careful with the nonsense you spout, someone may sue you for damages for jaw-dislocation due to excessive laughter!

SET statements, in the format that you specified, are JCL statements. SET is also a CList statement. That is different from the JCL SET statement. You cannot mix the two - they belong to two different languages. Rexx doesnot have a SET statement.

I suggest you read about the JCL SET statement and then the clist SET statement.