REXX Programming

Arcis Services
Brussels, Belgium

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced
Teacher/Instructor: Michel Castelein

Course Description:

'' Course objectives
The students will learn how to efficiently code the Restructured EXtended eXecutor (REXX) language. The course combines theory with practical exercises.
The course covers REXX in general and its use in MVS-OS/390-z/OS & VM and on PC.
The students will learn the principles of logic programming techniques through the use of the REXX language.
After the training the students will be able to call, write and debug REXX programs.

Audience
All people who need to rapidly code efficient REXX programs.
Application programmers, systems programmers, operations analysts, end-users, ....

Prerequisites
REXX is a multi-platform programming language.
Although our course includes the REXX extensions for MVS-OS/390-z/OS and VM-z/VM, the REXX knowledge you will acquire is applicable to any platform.
There are no prerequisites.

Class infrastructure
The students must have access to an OS/390 or z/OS system and logon under TSO, or access to a VM or z/VM system and logon under CMS, or use a PC on which a (free) REXX-interpreter is to be installed.

Course contents
The benefits of using REXX
Classic REXX, SAA REXX, and ANSI REXX
Literal strings
Numbers
Concatenation operators
Variables
REXX special variables: RC, RESULT, and SIGL
Compound symbols
Constant symbols
Arithmetic operators
Comparative operators
Transitivity
NUMERIC instruction
Clauses
Logical operators
Operator precedence
Labels
SIGNAL instruction
CALL instruction
Function call
Arguments string
Running a program under TSO/E
Running a program under CMS
Running a program on a PC
Recursivity
Internal routines, built-in functions, and external routines
IF construct
NOP instruction
Simple DO group
Simple repetitive DO group
Controlled repetitive DO group
Complicated DO group
LEAVE instruction
ITERATE instruction
SELECT group
Commands
ADDRESS instruction
Host command environments
TRACE instruction
TSO/E REXX commands
INTERPRET instruction
Character built-in functions
Arithmetic built-in functions
Writing your own mathematical functions
Exception handling
State built-in functions
Interactive debugging
Fixed-point numbers
Conversion built-in functions
I/O built-in functions
Miscellaneous built-in functions
TSO/E and VM/CMS external functions
DROP instruction
UPPER instruction
PROCEDURE instruction
EXIT instruction
PARSE instruction
Running a program in USS (the UNIX shell under MVS-OS/390-z/OS)
Immediate commands
Terminal read
External data queue
ARG instruction
PULL instruction
PUSH instruction
External data queue buffers
VM/CMS and TSO/E REXX EXECIO command
SAY instruction
Extended MCS console session
VM/CMS and TSO/E external functions
REXX in TSO/E and in non-TSO/E address spaces
Foreground and background processing
etc. ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:+32 2 534 49 77

School Address/Venue(s):

Fontainasstraat 27

Jobs & Resumes: Brussels
Houses & Roommates: Brussels
Travel Agencies: Brussels

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