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gskn4u
Obsidian | Level 7

Hello, 

 

I am trying to build user defined function in z/OS system. I gave a PDS name in the jcl but I am getting message 

 

ERROR: OUTLIB= requires a three level name: IFILE1.         
WARNING: The following functions will NOT be saved:         
   maxx                                                     

Can someone help me with an example in z/OS system. 

 

 

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gskn4u
Obsidian | Level 7

I was able to execute below code. But I am not sure where WORK.ABC.XYZ resides nor where the function is saved. 

 

 

OPTIONS CMPLIB=WORK.ABC   ;                  
                                             
PROC FCMP  OUTLIB = WORK.ABC.XYZ       ;     
    FUNCTION MAXX(X,Y);                      
    IF X>=Y THEN RETURN(X);                  
    ELSE RETURN(Y);                          
    ENDSUB;                                  
RUN;                                         
                                             
DATA _NULL_;                                 
    A = MAXX(4,122343457);                   
    PUT A ;                                  
RUN;                                         
NOTE: Function MAXX saved to WORK.ABC.XYZ.                     
NOTE: The PROCEDURE FCMP used 0.06 CPU seconds and 31119K.     
PeterClemmensen
Tourmaline | Level 20

Unlike most procedues, we specify a three level name in the Outlib Option to FCMP. The three levels consist of a libname, a data set name and a package name. A package is the structure that the function is saved and retrieved to/from. A data set can contain multiple packages and a package can contain multiple functions.

 

Hope this makes sense 🙂

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