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CALL

The CALL command enables REXX to call NCL procedures, including parameters and shared variables. You must explicitly name any variables that you want to share. Do not use prefixes.

This command has the following format:

CALL PROC=procname [PARMm=value1,..valuem] [SHAREn=name1,..namen]

• PROC=procname

  Specifies the PDS member name that contains a valid NCL procedure.

• PARMn=value

  Specifies a valid REXX variable name.

  Range: 1-20

• SHAREn=name

  Specifies the explicit shared variable name (no ampersand). You can specify only variables that are valid names in NCL and REXX.

  Range: 1-50

Restrictions

• If the target procedure is NCL, each parameter and input-shared variable's value is limited to 256 characters (NCL restriction).
• The name of each shared variable must be a valid NCL variable name.

Example: CALL Command

'CALL PROC=$esapi00 PARM1=CLASS=translate PARM2=data=AHRSP',
     'SHARE1=$ESXLATEFullTxt SHARE2=$ESXLATEShortTxt'
say $ESXLATEFullTxt
say $ESXLATEShortTxt