PARSE VERSION

PARSE VERSION returns 5 tokens describing the current REXX interpreter:

• token: REXX interpreter name
  This is REXXSAA for the default OS/2 REXX interpreter or OBJREXX for Object-Oriented REXX. Another possible value is REXX/Personal (used by the REXX interpreter from Quercus Systems, (see Internet - Web Pages)).
  2. token: REXX interpreter level
  The format is majorVersion.minorVersion, e.g. the default OS/2 REXX interpreter returns 4.00. The new Object-Oriented REXX returns 5.00 or 6.00 (depending on the version).
  3., 4. and 5. token: REXX interpreter date
  These tokens are the date of the REXX interpreter (day, month and year). Day is a 2-digit numeric value (e.g. "08"), month is a 3-character abbreviation of the month name (e.g. "Feb") and year is a 4-digit numeric value (e.g. "1994").

  Example REXX program:

   /* sample for using PARSE VERSION                                     */
  
    parse version interpreterName interpreterLevel interpreterDate
  
    say "The name of the interpreter is <" || interpreterName || ">."
    say "The level of the interpreter is <" || interpreterLevel || ">."
    say "The date of the interpreter is <" || interpreterDate || ">."
  

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