Return value from a file into a JCL symbol

Searchman · New User Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 80 Location: France

I need to get a value which is in a SEQ file to assign it to a JCL symbol and then use this symbol in a PROC

Ex : value 50 in SEQ file
return 50 in &A so that &A=50
then do a loop in a PROC 50 times
So, there's 2 questions :
1- how to return 50 ?
2- how to execute 50 times ?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:21 pm

1) CANNOT BE DONE
2) CANNOT BE DONE

the only alternative is to build dynamically the JCL and submit it thru the internal reader

Searchman · New User Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 80 Location: France

it's a pity !

Thank you for your idea of generating dynamically jcl