Format of Variable Members

A variable member (referenced by %%GLOBAL or %%MEMSYM statements) must be a member in a partitioned data set with a record length of 80. It can contain the following types of lines:

Remark line: Line starting with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Remark lines are not processed.
Assignment line: Line that assigns a value to a variable. The format is:

%%varname=value

Any number of user-defined variables (and their values) can be defined in a variable member. To designate a null value, omit the value.

Example

* Last banking day in each month *

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0001=010131

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0002=010228

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0003=010330

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0004=010430

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0005=010531

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0006=010629

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0007=010731

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0008=010831

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0009=010928

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0010=011031

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0011=011130

%%LAST_BANKING_DAY_0012=011231

Parent Topic

Local Variables