ZDSNUM Function: z/OS

Returns a count of the number of data set names that are returned from the ZDSLIST function.
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Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

zdsnum(variable name);

Required Argument

variable name
specifies the output variable that is created by ZDSLIST.

Details

Use the following method to invoke the ZDSNUM function:
length xnum 8;
xnum=zdsnum(variable name);

Example 

length xdsn $4096;
xdsn=zdslist(‘catlg’, ‘userID.sas.*’, ‘’, ‘’);
length xnum 8;
xnum=zdsnum(xdsn);
The output for ZDSNUM is a numeric SAS variable.
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