LANGUAGE STEM

Alters the name of the REXX stemmed variable array which is used to return information to an IDF macro as a result of all subsequent EXTRACT LANGUAGE commands, as well as a number of other EXTRACT commands.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramLANguageSTEMLSMstem-name
LSM
The default value of the REXX stem name.
stem-name
The REXX stem name. It must be between 1 and 8 characters, with the first character alphabetic.

The current LANGUAGE STEM setting can be displayed with the LANGUAGE OPTIONS command, and retrieved with the EXTRACT LANGUAGE STEM command.

For more information, see The EXTRACT command.

Return codes

0
Operation successful
2
Keyword truncated
5
Arguments are invalid