The following built-in Rexx Miscellaneous Functions.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| ADDRESS | Returns the name of the environment to which commands are currently being sent. |
| ARG | Returns an argument string or information about the argument strings to a program or internal routine. |
| BITAND | Returns a string composed of the two input strings logically ANDed together, bit by bit. |
| BITOR | Returns a string composed of the two input strings logically ORed together, bit by bit. |
| BITXOR | Returns a string composed of the two input strings eXclusive ORed together, bit by bit. |
| CONDITION | Returns the condition information, such as name and status, associated with the current trapped condition. |
| DATE | Returns the date in the default format (dd mon yyyy) or in one of various optional formats. |
| ERRORTEXT | Returns the error message associated with the specified error number. |
| EXTERNALS | This function is provided only by TSO. Returns the number of elements in the terminal input buffer. In TSO/E, this function always returns a 0. |
| LINESIZE | This function is provided only by TSO. Returns the current terminal line width minus 1. |
| QUEUED | Returns the number of lines remaining in the external data queue at the time when the function is invoked. |
| SOURCELINE | Returns either the line number of the last line in the source file or the source line specified by a number. |
| TIME | Returns the local time in the default 24-hour clock format (hh:mm:ss) or in one of various optional formats. |
| TRACE | Returns the trace actions currently in effect. |
| USERID | Returns the TSO/E user ID, if the REXX exec is running in the TSO/E address space. |
| VALUE | Returns the value of a specified symbol and optionally assigns it a new value. |
| XRANGE | Returns a string of all 1-byte codes (in ascending order) between and including specified starting and ending values. |
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