The following keywords are the only keywords supported by IBM and
recommended for use in relational-expressions. Any other keywords,
even if accepted by the system, are not intended or supported keywords.
- Keyword
- Use
- RC
- indicates a return code
- ABEND
- indicates an abend condition occurred
- ¬ABEND
- indicates no abend condition occurred
- ABENDCC
- indicates a system or user completion code
- RUN
- indicates that the specified step started execution
- ¬RUN
- indicates that the specified step did not start execution
Descriptions of the keywords follow:
- RC
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests a return code.
Evaluate a return code by coding RC, a comparison operator, and a
numeric value. For example, the expression (RC = 8) tests for a return
code equal to 8, and (RC >= 10) tests for a return code greater
than or equal to 10.
The return code must be within the range of
0 - 4095.
If you omit stepname, RC refers to the highest job
step return code that occurred during job processing prior to the
time of evaluation. This applies only to steps that execute. Any
step that did not start execution, is cancelled, or abnormally ends
is not evaluated.
Note: At the start of execution, RC
is initially set to zero.
- stepname.RC
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests a return code
for a specific step (stepname) of the job.
- stepname.procstepname.RC
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests a return code
for a specific step (stepname) and procedure step (procstepname) of
the job.
- ABEND
- ABEND=TRUE
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests for an abend
condition that occurred during processing of the job prior to the
time of evaluation. The statement IF ABEND THEN tests true when an
abend occurred on any previous job step.
If stepname is omitted,
ABEND and ABEND=TRUE refer to all previous steps.
Certain types
of abnormal termination by the system prevent the execution of the
THEN or ELSE clauses of an IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF statement construct,
regardless of any tests for abnormal termination conditions. See
Errors that prevent execution, regardless of if statement tests for further information.
- stepname.ABEND
- stepname.ABEND=TRUE
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests for an abend
that occurred on a specific step (stepname) of the job.
- stepname.procstepname.ABEND
- stepname.procstepname.ABEND=TRUE
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests for an abend
that occurred on a specific step (stepname) and procedure step (procstepname)
of the job.
- ¬ABEND
- ABEND=FALSE
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests that an abend
condition did not occur during the processing of the job prior to
the time of evaluation. The statement IF ¬ABEND THEN tests
true when no abend occurred on any previous job step.
If stepname
is omitted, ¬ABEND and ABEND=FALSE refer to all previous steps.
Certain
types of abnormal termination by the system prevent the execution
of the THEN or ELSE clauses of an IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF statement construct,
regardless of any tests for abnormal termination conditions. See
Errors that prevent execution, regardless of if statement tests for further information.
- ¬stepname.ABEND
- stepname.ABEND=FALSE
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests that no abend
occurred on a specific step (stepname) of the job.
- ¬stepname.procstepname.ABEND
- stepname.procstepname.ABEND=FALSE
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests that no abend
occurred on a specific step (stepname) and procedure step (procstepname)
of the job.
- ABENDCC=Sxxx
- ABENDCC=Uxxxx
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests for a system
abend completion code (Sxxx) or user-defined abend completion code
(Uxxxx). Specify S with a hexadecimal value (3 characters) for system
abend codes, and U with a decimal value (4 digits) for user abend
codes. For example, ABENDCC=S0C4 tests for system abend code 0C4,
and ABENDCC=U0100 tests for user abend code 0100.
If stepname is
omitted, ABEND=Sxxx and ABENDCC=Uxxxx refer to the most recent abend
code that occurred during the execution of the job prior to the time
of evaluation.
Certain types of abnormal termination by the
system prevent the execution of the THEN or ELSE clauses of an IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF
statement construct, regardless of any tests for abnormal termination
completion codes. See
Errors that prevent execution, regardless of if statement tests for further information.
- stepname.ABENDCC=Sxxx
- stepname.ABENDCC=Uxxxx
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests the abend code
for a specific step (stepname) of the job.
- stepname.procstepname.ABENDCC=Sxxx
- stepname.procstepname.ABENDCC=Uxxxx
- Indicates that the relational-expression tests the abend code
for a specific step (stepname) and procedure step (procstepname) of
the job.
- stepname.RUN
- stepname.RUN=TRUE
- Indicates that the relational expression tests that a specific
job step (stepname) started execution.
- stepname.procstepname.RUN
- stepname.procstepname.RUN=TRUE
- Indicates that the relational expression tests that a specific
job step (stepname) and procedure step (procstepname) started execution.
- ¬stepname.RUN
- stepname.RUN=FALSE
- Indicates that the relational expression tests that a specific
job step (stepname) did not start execution.
- ¬stepname.procstepname.RUN
- stepname.procstepname.RUN=FALSE
- Indicates that the relational expression tests that a specific
job step (stepname) and procedure step (procstepname) did not start
execution.
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