Variable containers

When variables are declared, they can be linked to a “container”. The contents of the variables are then stored in this container. Linking is done with the CONTAINER operand of the DECLARE-VARIABLE command.

The advantage of the “container mechanism” is that different variables can be linked to the same container, thus ensuring that all these variables have the same contents.

Variable containers can be either S variables, job variables or containers which are saved in PLAM libraries.

Note

A container must always be declared before the variable which refers to it.