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ARexx Quick Reference Guide

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options

Sets a fail-at limit, a prompt for the pull instruction, and indicates that a result is expected from an external host. otherwise

The block of instructions that are executed when all the when conditions in a select block are false. parse

Extracts substrings from strings. Provides very powerful string handling capa bilities. procedure

Creates a new symbol table, providing for local variables and recursive func tions.

pull

Gets input from the keyboard. push Puts data on the stack in last-in, first-out order. queue

Puts data on the stack in first-in, first-but order. return

Exits a function and returns the result. say

Writes to the output window. select

Sets up a block of when instructions which will be tested only until on is found to be true. shell

Synonymous with the address instruction.


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