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===version handles non-blanks===
This faster REXX version can handle array elements that don't contain blanks or spaces by using a simpler ''swap'' mechanism.
The REXX ''PARSE'' instruction separates an input into parts and assigns them to
variables, in a single operation. Thus
<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">PARSE VALUE 0 items.j items.jp WITH done items.jp items.j</syntaxhighlight>
sets ''done'' to 0, ''items.jp'' to ''items.j'', and ''items.j'' to ''items.jp'', as long as none of the input
variables contain any blanks.
<syntaxhighlight lang="rexx">cocktailSort2: procedure expose items.
nn = items.0 - 1 /*N: the number of items in items.*/
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