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REXX book: The REXX Language on TSO

Revised and Updated
The REXX Language on TSO
By Gabriel F. Gargiulo
Revised
The REXX Language on TSO By Gabriel F. Gargiulo
Learn how to write programs in the REXX language for TSO, MVS, OS/390, Z/os. My first book on the REXX programming language, is out of print. This is my second book on REXX for TSO. It improves on REXX in the TSO Environment in every way: it clarifies important points, it is better organized, and gives better examples. There are very few other books in print about REXX in the TSO Environment. This book quickly gets you started writing programs in REXX for MVS, OS/390, Z/OS. It covers all REXX language elements, all TSO built-in functions, and the more important built-in functions. 172 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches. Revised. Mailed USPS priority next business day.
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Gabe Gargiulo is the author of several mainframe books: REXX Quick Reference REXX in the TSO Environment (Available new and used) The REXX Language on TSO MVS JCL (Out of Print) Mastering OS2/REXX (Available new and used)
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ISPF Services: Using the Dialogue Manager, with REXX MVS/TSO (Available new and used) Top of Page
Table of Contents REXX for TSO Book

Introduction Chapter 1: Overview of REXX REXX features Example of a REXX Program, with explanations 2: Setting Up to Execute REXX in TSO/ISPF. 1. Create a library 2. Specify details for allocating library 3. Create a member 4. Create the SETUP member in edit 5. Execute the Setup Program 6. Try it 3: The Basic Features The initial REXX comment SAY - display on the terminal Variables The Literal The Label PULL - accept input from the terminal DO for looping Concatenating Data Strings EXIT to end your program Passing commands to TSO Short Description of all of REXX's Verbs or Keywords 4: IF The simplest form of the IF: A few things to think about: Comparison operators The DO END sequence Boolean operators 5: Looping The simplest form The simple DO...END sequence. The DO number ... END sequence The DO variable ... END sequence The DO that increments a variable The DO WHILE The DO UNTIL The DO FOREVER LEAVE ITERATE: Skipping back to the top of the loop
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6: SELECT: REXX's CASE Structure Example Points of syntax Several instructions: example
7: PARSE The basic form of PARSE Origins The Action of PARSE Short forms of PARSE Uses of PARSE: ARG The ARG in a main program. The ARG in a user-written function or subroutine. Uses of PARSE: PULL Uses of PARSE: EXTERNAL Uses of PARSE: VAR Uses of PARSE: VALUE Uses of PARSE: SOURCE 8: Debugging Interactive Debug What you can do during interactive debug Turning on Interactive Debug Codes displayed during interactive debug Tracing: the Smaller Guns Combinations of the TRACE verb 9: Trapping Unexpected Conditions Situations you might want to trap Trapping Unexpected Conditions: General The trap that terminates The trap that continues Changing the name of the trap Trapping Unexpected Conditions: Syntax Trapping Unexpected Conditions: Error Trapping Unexpected Conditions: Failure Trapping Unexpected Conditions: Novalue Trapping Unexpected Conditions: Halt Trapping Unexpected Conditions: Contents of the Trap 10: SIGNAL: the Extinct "GO TO" Signal: go there (but don't come back) 11: Math When does REXX do math? Math: Arithmetic Operators Math: Precision 12: Passing Commands to Command Processors
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Passing commands to the environment How Do You Get REXX to Pass a Command to a Command Processor? What Do the Return Codes (RC) mean? What Command Processors Are Out There? How do You Send Commands to a Command Processor? Sending commands to TSO Sending commands to ISPF Sending commands to the ISPF Editor How Does Your Program Know if the Command Processor is There? 13: Built-in Functions Some examples Basics of functions CALLing a function Some of the more important functions. [the more important REXX functions are covered] Built-in Functions: TSO Functions 14: Writing Your Own Functions Example of Internal Function Internal, user-written functions What makes a function a function? Protecting Variables Example of External Function External, user-written functions Search Order for Functions and Subroutines 15: Writing Your Own Subroutines Example Writing internal subroutines 16: The Internal Data Queue, or Stack What is it? How do you put things into the data queue? Data Queue or terminal dialogue? Functions used with the data queue Leftovers 17: Compound Variables Traditional subscripted variables vs REXX compound variables Understanding compound variables Examples: 18: Reading and Writing Files: EXECIO The Basics. The ALLOCATE command for reading. Reading with EXECIO Reading whole file with EXECIO into the Data Queue - example Reading one record at a time into the Data Queue - example: Reading whole file with EXECIO into an array - example Additional options for Reading The ALLOCATE command for writing.
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Writing with EXECIO Writing whole file from the Data Queue - Example: Writing whole file with EXECIO from an array - example 19: The INTERPRET Instruction Why INTERPRET? 20: Running REXX in Batch, with JCL Example
Sample Pages (formatting not same as in the book)

(This is a part of the chapter) 11: Math
Math: Precision
If Einstein had had REXX he would have been twice the genius he was. (Or would he have been creating video games...). REXX does math to whatever precision you desire, limited only by the amount of computer memory you have available. REXX does everything in decimal numbers so you won't see approximate results. Changing the precision. The default precision is 9 digits. If a calculation generates more significant digits than that, REXX will round the answer and stop at 9 digits. You can change the precision to 100 or 1000 or 10000! On some systems you can go much higher than that. Useful for figuring your income tax..... To change the precision to 100 digits: NUMERIC DIGITS 100
The following example will show you what that means. SAY 2 / 3 .666666667 (9 digits) */
/*displays
NUMERIC DIGITS SAY 2 / 3
100
/*displays .6666666666666666666666666666666666666666 6666666666666666666666666666666666666666 66666666666666666667 Do Practice Problems 35 - 38. */
15: Writing Your Own Subroutines

Example /* REXX */ /* instructions */ CALL MYSUB /* instructions */ /* instructions */ EXIT
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MYSUB: ANSWER = NUM1 + NUM2 SAY ANSWER RETURN
Writing internal subroutines An internal subroutine is used to simplify coding - to avoid long cumbersome logic structures. I strongly encourage their use. A subroutine looks like a function, but it's not a function. Here are the characteristics of a subroutine: invoked by: Example: ARG is optional RETURN is required but you don't have to pass information back on it variables are generally shared with the main part of the program there are no external subroutines in REXX. CALL subroutine-name CALL ADDEM
Do Practice Problems 48 - 52.
Top of Page Practice problems and suggested answers that go with the book. View as web page You can obtain them here. (Ask for REXX, then rexx2.prob.txt) Get code REXX Manuals from IBM TSO Line Mode (Native TSO) commands. (such as DELETE, HRECALL, ALLOCATE, Line Mode EDIT) Essential for REXX and CLIST programmers Writing ISPF Editor Macros in REXX More information on setting up to use REXX on TSO CLIST and REXX REXX on VM/CMS My REXX Quick Reference Book
REXX Error Codes 2 Expression > 64000 characters (OS/2 only) 3 Program is unreadable 4 Program interrupted 5 Machine storage exhausted 6 Unmatched /* or quote 7 WHEN or OTHERWISE expected 8 Unexpected THEN or ELSE 9 Unexpected WHEN or OTHERWISE 10 Unexpected or unmatched END 11 Control stack full 12 Clause > 500 characters 13 Invalid character in data 14 Incomplete DO/SELECT/IF 15 Invalid hex constant 16 Label not found 17 Unexpected PROCEDURE 18 THEN expected 19 String or symbol expected 20 Symbol expected 21 Invalid data on end of clause 22 Invalid character string 23 Invalid SBCS/DBCS mixed string 24 Invalid trace request
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25 Invalid subkeyword found 26 Invalid whole number 27 Invalid do syntax 28 Invalid LEAVE or ITERATE 29 Environment name too long 30 Name or string > 250 characters 31 Name starts with numeric or "." 32 Invalid use of stem 33 Invalid expression result 34 Logical value not 0 or 1 35 Invalid expression 36 Unmatched "(" in expression 37 Unexpected "," or ")" 38 Invalid template or pattern 39 Evaluation stack overflow 40 Incorrect call to routine 41 Bad arithmetic conversion 42 Arithmetic overflow/underflow 43 Routine not found 44 Function did not return data 45 No data specified on function return 46 Invalid variable reference 47 Unassigned 48 Failure in system service 49 Interpreter failure This book will get you into programming with Classic REXX (Restructured eXtended eXecutor language) on IBM's mainframe running MVS, OS390 or Zos TSO/ISPF. You can run REXX online during a TSO session, or in a batch program with JCL. REXX is a user-friendly interpreted scripting language developed by Michael Cowlishaw. It uses clear English-language verbs and parameters. REXX is used for application prototyping and one-time jobs. REXX is generally interpreted and so there is a performance penalty. REXX is used as the driver script for developing and running ISPF applications.
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