ZDSIDNM Function: z/OS

Returns individual data set names from the variable that the ZDSLIST function created based on an index.

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Syntax

Syntax

zdsidnm(variable name, index);

Required Arguments

variable name: specifies the name of the variable that is created by ZDSLIST.

index: can be derived from the variable that is created by ZDSNUM.

Details

Invoking ZDSIDNM

Use the following method to invoke the ZDSIDNM function:

length xidnm $256;
do i = 1 to 10;
	xidnm=zdsidnm(variable name, index);
end;

Processing Specifics

ZDSIDNM bypasses catalog names that are within the body of the ZDSLIST output variable, such as those that might be inserted as a result of processing a *ALL request.

Example

length xdsn $4096;
xdsn=zdslist(‘catlg’, ‘userID.sas.*’, ‘’, ‘’);
length xnum 8;
xnum=zdsnum(xdsn);
length xidnm $256;
do i = 1 to xnum;
	        xidnm=zdsidnm(xdsn, i);
end;

The output format of the ZDSIDNM function is a character variable that contains a data set name and a member list, if one exists in the ZDSLIST output variable.