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In article <8c1rst$dnl$1@hardcopy.ny.jpmorgan.com>,
Denis <grossnou@antispam.skynet.be> wrote:
>(I know that this question is off-topic but I do not know in which newsgroup
>to post-it)
>I have a JCL question: Is it possible to reset the RC system variable in a
>JCL ? for example, with a statement like:

Check into IDCAMS... as I recall one is able to do similar things with
statements like IF LASTCC = (n) THEN SET MAXCC = (o)

DD

>// SET RC=0
>Obviously this statement does not work as RC it is not a normal "variable"
>
>The goal is to have a JCL like the following:
>
>//S1 EXEC PGM=P1
>...
>//  IF (RC GE 8) THEN   <--- start of the "does not work" construction
>//   SET RC=4                 <--- does not work the idea is to "reset" the
>RC variable to 4
>// ENDIF                          <--- end of the "does not work"
>construction
>
>// IF (RC GE 4) THEN  <--- want to test with RC = 4 even if S1 ended with
>RC=8
>//S2 EXEC PGM=P2
>...
>// ENDIF
>
>This JCL is generated via FTINCL statements from a REXX/ISPF proc and has a
>(quite large) variable number of steps after the step S2. The idea is to
>avoid to have to generate very complex IF/THEN/ENDIF construction for the
>steps that follow S2 (for example by qualifying each test of RC with the
>step name...)
>
>Any idea?
>
>Many thanks in advance
>
>