SET GLOBAL

The SET GLOBAL command assigns values to global variables from the QMF command line, from a procedure, or through the callable interface. You can define up to ten substitution variables from the QMF command line or in a procedure. In the callable interface, the number of variables is limited only by your environment, and the exact syntax of the command depends on the language used.

Linear syntax used with REXX only

                  .-+---+------------------------.
                  | '-,-'                        |
                  V                (1)   .-=-.   |
>>-SET--GLOBAL--(-----variablename-------+---+---+-------------->

           (2)
>--+-value----------+--+---+-----------------------------------><
   |           (3)  |  '-)-'
   '-&variable------'

1. Identifies the global variable to which a value is assigned.
2. The character string that makes up the content of the global variable. A value that contains blank characters must be surrounded with delimiters. Valid delimiters for a global variable value are single quotes, parentheses, and double quotes. When the delimiters are double quotes, the double quotes are included as part of the global variable.
3. A global variable name which contains the content of the global variable.