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In REXX, there are no minimums for variables holding character literals, so you just simply assign (set) character strings to REXX variables. |
In REXX, there are no minimums for variables holding character literals, so you just simply assign (set) character strings to REXX variables. |
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<br>Note that REXX stores all the values of variables as characters, and that includes numbers and booleans. |
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<br>However, to insure that REXX can store numbers with a minimum size, the '''NUMERIC DIGITS nnn''' instruction can be used. |
<br>However, to insure that REXX can store numbers with a minimum size, the '''NUMERIC DIGITS nnn''' instruction can be used. |
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<br><br>The default is 9 digits. |
<br><br>The default is 9 digits. |
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