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NetMaster REXX Structure and General Syntax

Relevant issues include:

• The standard EBCDIC character set is always used for NetMaster REXX source.
• Double-byte character set (DBCS) is not supported.
• Nested comments are supported.
• Normal, hexadecimal, and binary strings are supported.
• Tokens and symbols are supported identically.
• Quoted strings that extend across source lines are not supported.

The IBM TSO/E REXX interpreter has supported quoted strings that cross source lines for many years; however, the support is not consistent, and trailing blanks are not always accepted. The length of the entire quoted string is limited to 250 characters.

NetMaster REXX does not accept quoted strings that cross source lines. However, it provides an option to enable REXX source containing this construct to compile mostly.

More information:

Libraries and Source Format

REXX Source Recognition

RXCTL

RXCHECK