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me_naveen
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 7:59 am Post subject: Concatenation error in REXX

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Hi,

I'm getting below error in REXX.

4 +++ LINEDATA = SUBSTR(LINE1 ,1 ,6) |
IRX0013I Error running REXX99, line 4: Invalid character in program

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Code:

/* REXX */
LINE1 =12345611
LINE2 =98765422
LINEDATA = SUBSTR(LINE1 ,1 ,6) || '*' || SUBSTR(LINE2 ,1 ,6)
SAY LINEDATA

Could you please suggest , what is the error in line number 4.
I am unable to concatenate.

Thanks,
Naveen

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superk
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:22 am Post subject:

Works for me. Is your concatention symbol (\|) coded as a hex '4F'?

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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:36 am Post subject:

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Code:

LINEDATA = SUBSTR(LINE1 ,1 ,6) || '*' || SUBSTR(LINE2 ,1 ,6)

appears to have spaces after line1 and line2

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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Concatenation error in REXX

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me_naveen wrote:

4 +++ LINEDATA = SUBSTR(LINE1 ,1 ,6) |
IRX0013I Error running REXX99, line 4: Invalid character in program [/i]

On my machine the concatenation operator x'4F' is represented by a ! (an exclamation point).
Give it a try
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 9:07 am Post subject:

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taltyman wrote:

Code:

LINEDATA = SUBSTR(LINE1 ,1 ,6) || '*' || SUBSTR(LINE2 ,1 ,6)

appears to have spaces after line1 and line2

This should not make any difference.

Code:

substr(a,2,3)
substr(a ,2 ,3 )
substr( a , 2 , 3 )

all give the same results
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 11:38 am Post subject:

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stefan wrote:

taltyman wrote:

Code:

LINEDATA = SUBSTR(LINE1 ,1 ,6) || '*' || SUBSTR(LINE2 ,1 ,6)

appears to have spaces after line1 and line2

This should not make any difference.

Code:

substr(a,2,3)
substr(a ,2 ,3 )
substr( a , 2 , 3 )

all give the same results

I had an issue with spaces earlier and that was if you have spcaes between 'substr' and '('. As already pointed out by others, the spaces within '(' and ')' doesn't make difference.
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:10 am Post subject:

As others have said, turn HEX on and look at your line of code to verify your vertical bar character is correct.

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