Re: [netrexx-pipelines] Migrate OS/2 pipelines to NetRexx Pipes

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Like some more?

> D:\PRGM\NetRexx\examples\MkROM>nrws
> Workspace for NetRexx 4.04 build 272-20220524-1803
> Copyright (c) Martin Lafaix 2000
> Copyright (c)  parts RexxLA 2019,2021
> pipelines processor loaded
> Ready; pipe (sep !) literal abc!dup 5!a: count lines!term?a:!insert /Count: /!term                               1.921 s
>  56 +++     _s_2 = a:!insert()
>     +++             ^
>     +++ Error: Unexpected character found in source: ':' (hexadecimal encoding: 003A)

The problem might be the sep option.

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Now a "real world example" -- one pipe, two issues:

> address '' ripe '"(MkR_5 sep !) cons!reverse!fblock 1!',
>  'xlate 1 00-FF 3A 20-3F 20-3F 40-5F 00-1f 60-66 40-46!',
>  'spec 1 c2d!term',
>  with input using (modid) output stem ronam.

With modid = 'C PPC 1981' the output is ronam.0 = 10 and ronam.1
.. 10 is void, empty, zilch. In contrast to CMS Pipelines the spec
stage requires "the position of the field in the output record."

Thus using 'spec 1 c2d 1' -- first issue solved, next please! --
the output ronam.1 .. 10 is now 32, or blank in other words. In
contrast I expected 49, 56, 57, 49, 32, 3, 16, 16, 32, 3.
Seems Xlate fails.

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Question: Is it possible to transfer arguments to compiled NetRexx
pipelines?
Example: i and fx are integers > 0

> address '' ripe '"(MkR_s1 sep !) cons',   /* connect to input */
>  '!drop' i,                   /* from not possible            */
>  '!take' fx,                  /* take n bytes                 */
>  '!spec w1 x2c 1',            /* convert to characters        */
>  '!join *',                   /* make it one line             */
>  '!term',                     /* keep result                  */
>  with input stem prgm. output stem pt2.

Compiling corresponding .njp shows no error, alas execution fails.

Best,
M.