1. 11) Data Stacks Instructions QUEUE, PUSH. Built-in function QUEUED()
TSO commands and functions for work with stacks:
DELSTACK,
DROPBUF,
MAKEBUF,
NEWSTACK
QBUF
QELEM
QSTACK
Resources: TSO REXX Reference
Chapter 10. TSO/E REXX Commands
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3. Data Stack
Stacks – a method to store data in memory without using variables.
Notice the difference between stack and queue: stack works as LIFO, queue works as FIFO.

4. Data Stack - Manipulating with data
PARSE PULL
PARSE EXTERNAL
Use PARSE EXTERNAL to read from terminal.

5. QUEUE Queue will put the data in the stack in FIFO order.
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6. QUEUE example
PARSE PULL will remove the data from the stack one line at a time. The data will be pulled into a variable.
It can be useful under TSO to only use EXTERNAL instead of PULL when working with stacks, PARSE PULL will go to a stack for data before the screen.
See ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(RX201114)’
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7. PUSH PUSH will put the data in the stack in LIFO order.
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8. PUSH example
There is a mistake in this slide. It is just copy/paste from the previous one. Here should be PUSH instead of QUEUE.
I prefer to use QUEUE - see ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(FTPCOM)’
See ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(RX201116)’
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9. QUEUED()
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10. QUEUED() Example
The QUEUED() function will return how many items are in the stack, and can be used to loop until the stack is empty.
See ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(RX201117)’
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11. QUEUED() Example (cont.)
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12. Multiple Buffers and Stacks
More than one stack can be used at any time, but you can only access the current stack. The current stack has to be deleted to access the stacks behind it.

13. MAKEBUF Let us look to some TSO REXX commands working with stacks.
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14. NEWSTACK
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15. DELSTACK After the DELSTACK the previous stack is accessed.
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16. DROPBUF
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17. DROPBUF (cont.)
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18. QBUF
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19. QBUF (cont.)
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20. QELEM
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21. QELEM
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22. QSTACK
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23. QSTACK (cont.)
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24. Multiple Stacks example
“NEWSTACK” creates an additional stack in front of the current stack. The newstack has to be removed before the data on the original stack can be retrieved.
“DELSTACK” deletes the current stack.
“QSTACK” returns the number of stacks into RC.
See ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(RX20111A)’
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25. Unused Stack Data
Putting TSO commands on the stack allows them to be executed on completion of the REXX program.
See ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(RX20111B)’
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26. EXECIO and Stacks
The data stack can be used with EXECIO instead of using STEM variables by removing the STEM option and variable.
See ‘MCOE.REXA.REXX(RX20111C)’

27. Work Section 11.1
Write it and test it.

28. Work Section 11.2
Write it and test it.

29. Additional Program
Write it and test it.