REXX Concatenation

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simo78
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REXX Concatenation

Post by simo78 » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:31 pm

Hello together!

Could someone help me with this problem,please?

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/*rexx*/                           
nr = "001"                         
text = "mytext/1 aa>44"            
"MYVAR"!!nr = nr!!"-"!!text        
say MYVAR001
Thanks

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Post by Anuj Dhawan » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:28 pm

Forgot to describe the problem? :?
Regards,
Anuj

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Post by simo78 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:28 pm

Sorry, you're right.

I just want to concatenate the variable "nr" and the variable "text" in a new variable called myvar + <nr> but I got this error

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IKJ56621I INVALID COMMAND NAME SYNTAX       
     4 *-* "MYVAR"!!nr = nr!!"-"!!text      
       +++ RC&#40;-3&#41; +++                       
MYVAR001

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Post by NicC » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:52 pm

x = y||z
x = 'string in y'z
x = 'string in y' z
etc - I cannot be bothered to repeat what is in the manual a) because it would take too long and b) I would have to open the manual.

looking closer it would appear that you are trying to assign a string to a string which is impossible.
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Post by Pedro » Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:31 am

Try to use a stem variable instead of composing a variable name.

-or- use the INTERPRET instruction
Pedro Vera

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