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passed back from an EXIT or RETURN instruction
(when a REXX program is called as a command) is not
a whole number or will not fit in a general register. This
error may be due to mistyping the name of a symbol so
that it is not the name of a variable in the expression on
any of these statements. This might be true, for
example, if you entered “EXIT CR” instead of “EXIT
RC”.
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Make the necessary corrections.
CICREX467E Error 27 running fn ft, line nn: Invalid
DO syntax
Explanation: The language processor found a syntax
error in the DO instruction. You might have used BY,
TO, FOR, WHILE, OR UNTIL twice, or used a WHILE
and an UNTIL.
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Make the necessary corrections.
CICREX468E Error 30 running fn ft, line nn: Name
or string > 250 characters
Explanation: The language processor found a variable
or a literal (quoted) string that is longer than the limit.
The limit for names is 250 characters, following any
substitutions. A possible cause of this error is the use of
a period (.) in a name, causing an unexpected
substitution.
The limit for a literal string is 250 characters. This error
can be caused by leaving off an ending quote (or
putting a single quote in a string) because several
clauses can be included in the string. For example, the
string 'don't' should be written as 'don''t' or "don't".
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Make the necessary corrections.
CICREX469E Error 31 running fn ft, line nn: Name
starts with number or “.”
Explanation: The language processor found a symbol
whose name begins with a numeric digit or a period (.).
The REXX language rules do not allow you to assign a
value to a symbol whose name begins with a number or
a period because you could then redefine numeric
constants, and that would be catastrophic.
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Rename the variable correctly. It is
best to start a variable name with an alphabetic
character, but some other characters are allowed.
CICREX470E Error 34 running fn ft, line nn: Logical
value not 0 or 1
Explanation: The language processor found an
expression in an IF, WHEN, DO WHILE, or DO UNTIL
phrase that did not result ina0or1.Anyvalue
operated on by a logical operator (¬, \, |, &, or &&) must
result ina0or1.Forexample, the phrase “If result then
exit rc” will fail if result has a value other than 0 or 1.
Thus, the phrase would be better written as If
result¬=0 then exit rc.
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Make the necessary corrections.
CICREX471E Error 35 running fn ft, line nn: Invalid
expression
Explanation: The language processor found a
grammatical error in an expression. This could be
because:
v You ended an expression with an operator.
v You specified, in an expression, two operators next to
one another with nothing in between them.
v You did not specify an expression when one was
required.
v You did not specify a right parenthesis when one was
required.
v You used special characters (such as operators) in
an intended character expression without enclosing
them in quotation marks.
An example of the last case is that LISTFILE***
should be written as LISTFILE '* * *' (if LISTFILE is
not a variable) or even as 'LISTFILE***'.
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Make the necessary corrections.
CICREX472E Error 36 running fn ft, line nn:
Unmatched “(” in expression
Explanation: The language processor found an
unmatched parenthesis within an expression. You will
get this message if you include a single parenthesis in a
command without enclosing it in quotation marks. For
example, COPY A B C A B D (REP should be written as
COPYABCABD'('REP.
System action: Execution stops.
User response: Make the necessary corrections.
CICREX473E Error 37 running fn ft, line nn:
Unexpected “,” or “)”
Explanation: The language processor found a comma
(,) outside a routine invocation or too many right
parentheses in an expression. You will get this message
if you include a comma in a character expression
without enclosing it in quotation marks. For example,
the instruction:
Error Numbers and Messages
Appendix A. Error Numbers and Messages 383