Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Language Reference Manual

Restrictions on data-directed data

Syntax of data-directed data
GET data-directed
PUT data-directed

Subscripted variables are not allowed in data-directed input.

References to based variables in a data-list for data-directed input/output cannot be explicitly locator qualified. For example:

  dcl Y based(Q), Z based;
  put data(Y);

The variable Z cannot be transmitted since it must be explicitly qualified by a locator.

A based variable in the data-list has the following restrictions:

A defined variable in the data-list must:

Typed structures can not be used in data-directed input/output statements.


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