Return Statement

ganeshprasanna · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:54 am

a = 5
call sum
say result
exit
sum:
b= 5
a = a + b
return

What would be the output of this?

"The subroutine should process a RETURN instruction, and at that point control returns to the clause following the original CALL. If the RETURN instruction specified an expression, the variable RESULT is set to the value of that expression. Otherwise, the variable RESULT is dropped (becomes uninitialized)"

prino · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:02 pm

Holy sith, why the fluffing hell do you bother us with this when it would take you all of 15 seconds to fluffing try it yourself?

RTFM!

ganeshprasanna · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:09 pm

Hey dude..

Chill man.. you need not be that verbose. i am trying to learn REXX. Very much new to it. i do not have access to REXX on my Box.. just reading the manuals and some code snippets. well if its bothering you a lot, just ignore.. i know its a silly question for rexx gods out there. Its better to ask than to be ignorant. I went through the manuals(posted an extract).

And I DID READ THE F MANUALS

expat · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:55 pm

What do you think that the result would be and why, and if you are wrong we will endevour to explain.

ganeshprasanna · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:57 pm

I think its either "RESULT" or 0...

Pedro · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:52 pm

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:09 pm

why don' t You install a Rexx interpreter on Your PC ??

Regina-REXX would be the simpler choice, and You could run al kinds of experiments

ganeshprasanna · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:03 pm

Thanks a lot enrico

Regina-Rexx is a nice utility.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:16 pm

ganeshprasanna · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:29 pm

oops..

Thanks again for the correction

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:12 pm

REXX is my preferred programming language
and is also one of the smartest around,
when I hear or read something wrong about it
I just cannot resist flaming