Structure & General Syntax

Sub-Topic

OREXX (98/NT)

TSO/E

VM CMS

Notes

Characters

X

X

X

Comments

X

X

X

Tokens

X

X

X

Implied Semi-colons

X

X

X

Continuations

X

X

X

Expressions & Operators

Expressions

X

X

X

Operators

X

X

X

Parenthesis and Operator Precedence

X

X

X

Clauses & Instructions

Null Clauses

X

X

X

Directives

X

OREXX Version Only

Labels

X

X

X

Instructions

X

X

X

Assignments

X

X

X

Message Instructions

X

OREXX Version Only

Keyword Instructions

X

X

X

Commands

X

X

X

Assignments & Symbols

Constant Symbols

X

X

X

Simple Symbols

X

X

X

Compound Symbols

X

X

X

Stems

X

X

X

Environment Symbols

X

OREXX Version Only

Keyword Instructions

ADDRESS

X

X

X

ARG

X

X

X

CALL

X

X

X

DO

X

X

X

DROP

X

X

X

EXIT

X

X

X

EXPOSE

X

X

FORWARD

X

OREXX Version Only

GUARD

X

OREXX Version Only

IF

X

X

X

INTERPRET

X

X

X

INTERATE

X

X

X

LEAVE

X

X

X

NOP

X

X

X

NUMERIC

X

X

X

OPTIONS

X

X

Not in OREXX Version

PARSE

X

X

X

PROCEDURE

X

X

X

PULL

X

X

X

PUSH

X

X

X

QUEUE

X

X

X

RAISE

X

REPLY

X

RETURN

X

X

X

SAY

X

X

X

SELECT

X

X

X

SIGNAL

X

X

X

TRACE

X

X

X

UPPER

X

X

USE

X

Functions & Subroutines

Search Order

X

X

Errors during execution

X

X

Built-in Functions

ABBREV (Abbreviation)

X

X

X

ABS (Absolute Value)

X

X

X

ADDRESS

X

X

X

APILOAD

X

VM Version only.

ARG (Argument)

X

X

X

BEEP

X

OREXX Version Only

BITAND (Bit by Bit AND)

X

X

X

BITOR (Bit by Bit OR)

X

X

X

BITXOR (Bit by Bit Exclusive OR)

X

X

X

B2X (Binary to Hexadecimal)

X

X

X

CENTER/CENTRE

X

X

X

CHANGESTR

X

OREXX Version Only

CHARIN (Character Input)

X

X

CHAROUT (Character Output)

X

X

CHARS (Characters Remaining)

X

X

CMSFLAG

X

VM Version Only

COMPARE

X

X

X

CONDITION

X

X

X

COPIES

X

X

X

COUNTSTR

X

OREXX Version Only

CSL

X

VM Version Only

C2D (Character to Decimal)

X

X

X

C2X (Character to Hexadecimal)

X

X

X

DATATYPE

X

X

X

DATE

X

X

X

DBCS (Double-Byte Character Set)

X

X

Not in OREXX Version

DELSTR (Delete String)

X

X

X

DELWORD (Delete Word)

X

X

X

DIAG/DIAGRC

X

VM Version Only

DIGITS

X

X

X

DIRECTORY

X

OREXX Version Only

D2C (Decimal to Character)

X

X

X

D2X (Decimal to Hexadecimal)

X

X

X

ERRORTEXT

X

X

X

EXTERNALS

X

X

Not in OREXX Version.

FILESPEC

X

OREXX Version Only

FIND

X

X

Not in OREXX Version.

FORM

X

X

X

FORMAT

X

X

X

FUZZ

X

X

X

GETMSG

X

TSO/E Version Only

INDEX

X

X

INSERT

X

X

X

JUSTIFY

X

X

Not in OREXX Version.

LASTPOS (Last Position)

X

X

X

LEFT

X

X

X

LENGTH

X

X

X

LINEIN (Line Input)

X

X

Not in TSO/E Version

LINEOUT (Line Output)

X

X

Not in TSO/E Version

LINES (Lines Remaining)

X

X

Not in TSO/E Version

LINESIZE

X

X

Not in OREXX Version.

LISTDSI

X

TSO/E Version Only

MAX (Maximum)

X

X

X

Min (Minimum)

X

X

X

MSG

X

TSO/E Version Only

MSGVAR

X

TSO/E Version Only

OUTTRAP

X

TSO/E Version Only

OVERLAY

X

X

X

POS (Position)

X

X

X

PROMPT

X

TSO/E Version Only

QUEUED

X

X

X

RANDOM

X

X

X

REVERSE

X

X

X

RIGHT

X

X

X

SETLANG

X

TSO/E Version Only

SIGN

X

X

X

SOCKET

X

Not TSO/E Version.

SOURCELINE

X

X

X

SPACE

X

X

X

STORAGE

X

X

Not in OREXX Version

STREAM

X

X

Not TSO/E Version.

STRIP

X

X

X

SUBSTR (Substring)

X

X

X

SUBWORD

X

X

X

SYMBOL

X

X

X

SYSCPUS

X

TSO/E Version Only

SYSDSN

X

TSO/E Version Only

SYSVAR

X

TSO/E Version Only

TIME

X

X

X

TRACE

X

X

X

TRANSLATE

X

X

X

TRUNC (Truncate)

X

X

X

USERID

X

X

Not in OREXX Version.

VALUE

X

X

X

VERIFY

X

X

X

WORD

X

X

X

WORDINDEX

X

X

X

WORDLENGTH

X

X

X

WORDPOS (Word Position)

X

X

X

WORDS

X

X

X

XRANGE (Hexadecimal Range)

X

X

X

X2B (Hexadecimal to Binary)

X

X

X

X2C (Hexadecimal to Character)

X

X

X

X2D (Hexadecimal to Decimal)

X

X

X

Parsing

Simple Templates - Into Words

X

Templates containing String Patterns

X

Templates with Positional Patterns

X

X

Parsing with variable Patterns

X

X

Using UPPER

X

Parsing Multiple Strings

X

X

Combining String & Positional

X

X

Parsing with DBCS Characters

X

X

Numbers and Arithmetic

Numbers

X

X

Precision

X

X

Arithmetic Operators

X

X

Rules - Basic Operators

X

X

Rules - Additional Operators

X

X

Numeric Comparisons

X

X

Exponential Notation

X

X

Numeric Information

X

X

Whole Numbers

X

X

Numbers used directly by REXX

X

X

Data Stack Management

LIFO & FIFO stacking

X

Avoiding the stack

n/a

X

PUSH

X

QUEUE

X

Reading from the stack

n/a

X

PARSE PULL

X

creating & managing stack extensions

n/a

X

MAKEBUF

n/a

X

QBUF

n/a

X

DROPBUF

n/a

X

Interrogating the stack

n/a

X

QUEUED

n/a

X

QELEM

n/a

X

creating & managing private stacks

n/a

X

NEWSTACK

X

DELSTACK

n/a

X

QSTACK

n/a

X

Reading & writing - EXECIO

n/a

X

Sub-routines & functions

Internal & External sub-routines

X

How to create them

X

Passing arguments & results

X

CALL

X

RETURN

X

EXIT

X

PROCEDURE

X

RESULT

X

Tracing & debugging

Using the TRACE instruction

X

Using immediate commands

X

HI

X

HT

X

TE

X

TS

X

Use of EXECUTIL

X

Interpreting TRACE output

X