"-INCLUDE" "EX" "EXEC" differences??

[NorthNone]

What is the difference between "-INCLUDE" and "EX" and "EXEC"??
When to use which?
Many thanks!

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[jimster06]

-INCLUDE X will include whatever is in data set X in your code.

If X were -TYPE this is included and your code was
TABLE FILE ZZ
DO SOMETHING
END
-INCLUDE X
SOME MORE STUFF

Your code would then be:
TABLE FILE ZZ
DO SOMETHING
END
-TYPE this is included
SOME MORE STUFF

For example, this is a great way to include (share) common routines among programs and cut down on maintenance. Style sheets are often -INCLUDEd for common look and feel.

I'm not sure that there is a big difference between EX and EXEC but in any case the verb needs an object. Typically, a program is EXECuted is in EXEC myprog.

 

[WFGuru]

EX and EXEC are the same. They must be stand alone procedures. If they require parameters, you must explicitly pass them. EX MYPROC PARM1=VAL1,PARM2=VAL2....

Since -INCLUDE brings the code into the calling procedure, it can be any peice of code and will also inherit the parameters from the calling fex.