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An INFO instruction defines and assigns a value to a script variable. It is not an executable instruction nor does it affect a package directly.

Features

The syntax for an INFO instruction is:

INFO("variablename",value)

where

  • variable name is the name of the variable

  • value is the value of the variable

Instead of assigning a value directly to a task, you can replace the value (or part of it) with the name of a variable defined in an INFO instruction. At runtime, the task replaces the name of all INFO variables found in all executable instructions with the value of those variables before executing the executable instructions.

Example Example

The following example illustrates how to define a variable with an INFO instruction and how to use it in another instruction such as TASK. The parameters %EQU% and %TAB% are passed to the process type /CPMB/ALLOCATION_LOGIC, which is defined in the process chain /CPMB/ALLOCATION.

INFO(%EQU%,=)

INFO(%TAB%,;)

TASK(/CPMB/ALLOCATION_LOGIC,TAB,%TAB%)

TASK(/CPMB/ALLOCATION_LOGIC,EQU,%EQU%)

End of the example.

Recommendation Recommendation

We recommend the use of expressions that are enclosed between easily identifiable characters such as the % character (%VARIABLE%, for example), This makes the script more readable and less subject to errors when the substitutions are performed.

End of the recommendation.

Note Note

All system generated INFO variables comply with this practice. For a list of predefined constants list, see Predefined Constants.

End of the note.

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