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Himanshu Tekade
Himanshu Tekade

Reputation: 81

jcl error in ibm mainframe contest 2020 jcl1 problem

//setvar secret=(NEW,CATLG, DELETE)

This line giving me error unexpected left punctuation used. What should I change ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 659

Answers (1)

cschneid
cschneid

Reputation: 10765

Part of the point of the Master The Mainframe contest is for you to learn how to find these answers for yourself. Having someone tell you the answer is probably...

Your statement is syntactically invalid, at a guess it should be //SETVAR SET SECRET=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE)

...doesn't really teach you how to debug your JCL. It is way beyond the scope of an answer on this site to explain the syntax of JCL. IBM's JCL Reference will give you syntax.

The thing to do is look up the error message you received. IBM error messages start with a code such as IEF452I followed by a message. Often these messages will tell you exactly what went wrong, but not why, which can be frustrating. In this example, the documentation tells you there was an error, but not what the error is. That's likely in another message.

Again, one point of the Master The Mainframe contest is to give you practice in looking these things up so you can solve problems on your own.

Upvotes: 4

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