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HTML
130 lines
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<!doctype html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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<html>
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<head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<title>Otherwise (OTHERWISE)</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../rzahg/ic.css">
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</head>
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<body bgcolor="white">
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<script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<a name="OTHERWISE.Top_Of_Page"></a>
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<h2>Otherwise (OTHERWISE)</h2>
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<table width="100%">
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<tr>
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<td valign="top" align="left"><b>Where allowed to run: </b>
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<ul><li>Batch program (*BPGM)</li>
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<li>Interactive program (*IPGM)</li>
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</ul><b>Threadsafe: </b>Yes
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</td>
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<td valign="top" align="right">
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<a href="#OTHERWISE.PARAMETERS.TABLE">Parameters</a><br>
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<a href="#OTHERWISE.COMMAND.EXAMPLES">Examples</a><br>
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<a href="#OTHERWISE.ERROR.MESSAGES">Error messages</a></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<div> <a name="OTHERWISE"></a>
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<p>Specifies the command or group of commands (in an If or Do group) that are processed if none of the conditions on any of the When commands within a Select command group were evaluated to be true. After the command or Do group is processed, control is passed to the next command <i>after</i> the End Select command associated with this Otherwise command. If the command specified in this parameter is a DO, DOWHILE, DOUNTIL, or DOFOR command, all commands within the Do group are considered to be the command specified by the parameter.
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</p>
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<p><b>Restrictions:</b>
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>This command is valid only within a CL procedure.
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</li>
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<li>This command is valid only within a SELECT-ENDSELECT command group.
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</li>
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<li>Only one OTHERWISE may be specified in a SELECT-ENDSELECT command group.
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</li>
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<li>All WHEN commands in a SELECT-ENDSELECT command group must appear before the OTHERWISE command.
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<table width="100%">
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<tr><td align="right"><a href="#OTHERWISE.Top_Of_Page">Top</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<hr size="2" width="100%">
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<div>
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<h3><a name="OTHERWISE.PARAMETERS.TABLE">Parameters</a></h3>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
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<!-- col1="10" col2="15" col3="30" col4="10" -->
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<tr>
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<th bgcolor="aqua" valign="bottom" align="left">Keyword</th>
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<th bgcolor="aqua" valign="bottom" align="left">Description</th>
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<th bgcolor="aqua" valign="bottom" align="left">Choices</th>
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<th bgcolor="aqua" valign="bottom" align="left">Notes</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td valign="top"><a href="#OTHERWISE.CMD"><b>CMD</b></a></td>
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<td valign="top">Command</td>
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<td valign="top"><i>Command string</i></td>
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<td valign="top">Optional, Positional 1</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<table width="100%">
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<tr><td align="right"><a href="#OTHERWISE.Top_Of_Page">Top</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<div> <a name="OTHERWISE.CMD"></a>
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<h3>Command (CMD)</h3>
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<p>Specifies the command or commands (in a If or Do group) to be processed if no When commands had an expression that evaluated to true.
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</p>
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<p>If the command specified in this parameter is a DO, DOWHILE, DOUNTIL, or DOFOR command, all of the commands specified within the Do group are considered to be part of the command specified by the parameter.
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</p>
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<p>If no command is specified on the CMD parameter (a null OTHERWISE) control is passed to the next command <i>after</i> the ENDSELECT command associated with this WHEN command.
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</p>
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<p>Any CL command can be specified on the CMD parameter, except the following commands:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>ELSE
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</li>
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<li>PGM, ENDPGM
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</li>
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<li>ENDDO
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</li>
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<li>MONMSG
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</li>
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<li>DCL, DCLF
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</li>
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<li>WHEN, OTHERWISE, ENDSELECT
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<table width="100%">
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<tr><td align="right"><a href="#OTHERWISE.Top_Of_Page">Top</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<hr size="2" width="100%">
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<div><h3><a name="OTHERWISE.COMMAND.EXAMPLES">Examples</a> </h3>
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<p>
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<pre>
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DCL VAR(&NAME) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)
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:
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SELECT
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WHEN COND(&NAME *EQ *CMD) THEN(DO)
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: (group of CL commands)
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ENDDO
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WHEN COND(&NAME *EQ *PGM) THEN(DO)
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: (group of CL commands)
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ENDDO
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OTHERWISE CMD(CHGVAR &NAME *PGM)
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ENDSELECT
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</pre>
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</p>
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<p>The OTHERWISE specifies the command to run if none of conditions on any of the WHEN commands in a SELECT command group command group were matched. In this example the CHGVAR will be run when the value of &NAME is not *CMD and not *PGM.
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</p>
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</div>
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<table width="100%">
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<tr><td align="right"><a href="#OTHERWISE.Top_Of_Page">Top</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<hr size="2" width="100%">
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<div><h3><a name="OTHERWISE.ERROR.MESSAGES">Error messages</a> </h3>
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<p>None
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<table width="100%">
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</table>
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</body>
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</html>
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