Regarding Symbolic parameter

sand · New User Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 19

Hi All,

I have a question regarding symbolic parameter..

Question: Why we give .. in DSN parameter, when we are using symbolic
====== parameter in DSN parameter?

//DD1 DD DSN=&A..&B..&c

the answer may be that in DSN we have to use .. if we are using symbolic parameter, but I have seen in so many placesin code where they are giving..

//DD1 DD DSN=&A.&B..&c.D.&E

Thanks,
Sand.

superk · Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Regarding Symbolic parameter

The ampersand (&) marks the beginning of the variable, and the period (.) marks the end. Additionally, the various nodes of the dataset name are delimited by a period (.). So, for your two examples, if A=A and B=B and so on:

//DD1 DD DSN=&A..&B..&C

equals

//DD1 DD DSN=A.B.C

whereas:

//DD1 DD DSN=&A.&B..&C.D.&E

equals:

//DD1 DD DSN=AB.CDE