This course is designed to teach you the basic skills required to write programs using the REXX language in z/OS. The course covers the TSO extensions to REXX and interaction with other environments such as the MVS console, running REXX in batch jobs, and compiling REXX.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
• Write programs using the REXX language
• Use various data parsing techniques
• Use built-in REXX functions
• Create user-defined internal and external functions and subroutines
• Issue host commands from within REXX execs
• Code programs that read and write data sets
• Use instructions and commands that manipulate the data stack
• Use REXX debugging tools
• Write error-handling routines
TARGET AUDIENCE:
People who need to write and maintain REXX programs in the z/OS system environment.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
You should be able to:
• Code basic Job Control Language statements
• Code in a programming language
• Create, alter, and delete data sets using TSO
These skills can be developed by taking:
• Fundamental System Skills of z/OS (ES10)
• A programming language course
COURSE CONTENT:
Day 1
• (01:00) Unit 1 – Introduction
• (01:30) Unit 2 – Getting started with REXX (start)
• (01:00) Lab exercise 1
• (01:00) Unit 2 – Getting started with REXX (finish)
• (01:00) Lab exercise 2
• (01:30) Unit 3 – Programming in REXX (start)
Day 2
• (01:00) Lab exercise 3
• (01:30) Unit 3 – Programming in REXX (finish)
• (01:00) Lab exercise 4
• (01:00) Unit 4 – Functions and subroutines (start)
• (02:00) Lab exercise 5
Day 3
• (01:00) Unit 4 – Functions and subroutines (finish)
• (01:00) Lab exercise 6
• (01:30) Unit 5 – Debugging and error handling
• (01:00) Lab exercise 7
• (01:00) Unit 6 – Executing host commands
• (01:30) Lab exercise 8
Day 4
• (01:30) Unit 7 – Compound variables and the data stack
• (01:30) Lab exercise 9
• (01:30) Unit 8 – Reading and writing data sets in REXX
• (01:00) Lab exercise 10
• (01:30) Unit 9 – The parse instruction
Day 5
• (01:30) Lab exercise 11
• (01:30) Unit 10 – Using REXX: REXX compiler, REXX in batch, MVS console commands
• (01:00) Lab exercise 12
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
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