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REXX is a (most of the time) interpreted programming language developed by IBM in the end of 70's and beginning of 80's.

REXX is a weakly typed interpreted language - although there are some compilers for it, both for native code and bytecodes. It is mainly used as a glue, script and macro language. There are implementations for most platforms, including some popular portable free software implementations. Also, REXX is the primary scripting language of some platforms, such as VMS, OS/2 and AmigaOS.

It was developed as a personal project by Mike Cowlishaw between 1979 and 1982. Once presented to the public, it was shipped as a product by IBM in 1982. Since then, it is shipped with almost all IBM operating systems.

The language presents various similitudes with , and . Although there is an ANSI specification for the language, there are some popular variants today, such as NetREXX (which is based in the Java platform) and OOREXX, which provides object-oriented syntax and semantics to the language.

As far as a comparison by efficiency, a pretty in depth study from Universit ̈at Karlsruhe can be found here comparing it to , , , and .

Among the modern implementations, some of the most popular are the open source Regina interpreter, OOREXX and NetREXX.

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Is REXX available in .NET?

Is anyone aware of a REXX implementation for .NET? Or plans for one, perhaps using the DLR?
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Is it possible to hide user typed input in REXX program

I need to PULL a password that a user will type, but don't want the characters to display on the screen. Could you help me to achieve this in REXX.
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How to test, if an element is in a list?

Is there a built-in function to test, if a given element is in a list in Rexx? I could not find one. The alternative would be to loop over the list and check each element manually.
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How do I create a 3270 screen with my own menu|options?

I want to know if it is possible to create a 3270 type screen with my own options, like a program. If possible, is it done with REXX? Until now I wasn't able to find anything about that.
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Problems using REXX to access both Teradata output and DB2 output

I have a REXX job that needs to read from both Teradata (using BTEQ) and DB2. At present, I can get it to either read from Teradata or DB2, but not both. When I try to read from both, the Teradata one (which runs first) works fine but the DB2 read…
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REXX Choose random say command

Anyone knows how to do this?: say 'something' or say 'something' or say 'something' I want to choose randomly between these say commands. How to do that?
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Load File to csv file from desktop to Mainframe flat file

I have requirement like, i need to load the csv file to the mainframe flat file. here is what i thought till now 1-we will create on file in that we can update the desktop csv file path 2-rexx will check this path and load the csv ile to mainframe…
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How to setup an account in IBM mainframes programatically

I need to create a user account in IBM mainframes(Z-os,os390, i-series) through a program. Is there any libraries which are built-in in Mainframe OS to be used by the programming languages such as cobol. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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How to break line in REXX

Can anyone tell me how to break line in rexx language. E.g: say "ala has a cat"0D0A"Cat has a ala" in result I would like have: ala has a cat Cat has a ala I want to post data to a pushgateway server and the syntax requires enter at the end of the…
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Passing value with numeric format

i have problems regarding passing value with formatting issues. The description i have put in the codes as i am having problem passing my PreEditedCheque in my code for the if ValidateMMonCheque <> MM part. The output for if length(RawChequenumber)…
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How can I run ISPF Edit Macros in Batch

I frequently write and use ISPF edit macros. However, invoking them in foreground is time consuming. Can I use a Rexx program to run the edit macros against all, or a selection of, members of a PDS via batch?
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How to create a top generic racf profile from rexx

So i'm definig users to racf on a z/OS (ADCD version at my university) using a rexx script. Therefore i want to create top generic profiles for the users in order to secure their datasets. Say i'm creating a user called TEST1. Therefore i would use…
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XML handling in REXX or JCL

In a PS file I have XML data as below: For ex: (
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How do I convert this Java code to Rexx inorder to generate Luhn compatible credit cards?

public string GenerateCardTokenOptimised() { int[] checkArray = new int[15]; var cardNum = new int[16]; for (int d = 14; d >= 0; d--) { cardNum[d] =…
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Is there any parse statement in python similar to REXX PARSE

I'm looking for some like REXX PARSE to manage strings in Phyton. Could anyone tell me if there is an extension of Phyton to manage the string parsing at least similar to REXX PARSE? for example : How to PARSE a string in position and length in…
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