- Rexx Tutorial
- Rexx - Home
- Rexx - Overview
- Rexx - Environment
- Rexx - Installation
- Rexx - Installation of Plugin-Ins
- Rexx - Basic Syntax
- Rexx - Datatypes
- Rexx - Variables
- Rexx - Operators
- Rexx - Arrays
- Rexx - Loops
- Rexx - Decision Making
- Rexx - Numbers
- Rexx - Strings
- Rexx - Functions
- Rexx - Stacks
- Rexx - File I/O
- Rexx - Functions For Files
- Rexx - Subroutines
- Rexx - Built-In Functions
- Rexx - System Commands
- Rexx - XML
- Rexx - Regina
- Rexx - Parsing
- Rexx - Signals
- Rexx - Debugging
- Rexx - Error Handling
- Rexx - Object Oriented
- Rexx - Portability
- Rexx - Extended Functions
- Rexx - Instructions
- Rexx - Implementations
- Rexx - Netrexx
- Rexx - Brexx
- Rexx - Databases
- Handheld & Embedded
- Rexx - Performance
- Rexx - Best Programming Practices
- Rexx - Graphical User Interface
- Rexx - Reginald
- Rexx - Web Programming
- Rexx Useful Resources
- Rexx - Quick Guide
- Rexx - Useful Resources
- Rexx - Discussion
Rexx Tutorial
Rexx (Restructured Extended Executor) is designed to be a scripting language. Its goal is to make scripting as easy, fast, reliable, and error-free as possible. Many programming languages are designed for compatibility with older languages, and are written for specific audiences or platforms. Rexx ignores extraneous objectives. It was designed from day one to be powerful, yet easy to use. It is also very helpful for developing small programs that perform various text file transformations. This is an introductory tutorial that covers the basics of Rexx and how to deal with its various components and sub-components.
Audience
This tutorial has been prepared mainly for those professionals who are within the IT industry, working as specialists in the field of Scripting and Macro Languages. It is very useful for those professionals who work on Data Processing, text and also for generating reports.
This tutorial is intended to make you comfortable in getting started with Restructured Extended Executor (Rexx) and its various functions.
Prerequisites
It is an elementary tutorial and you can easily understand the concepts explained here with a basic knowledge of how a company or an organization deals with its scripting languages and programs. However, it will help if you have some prior exposure on programming languages, data processing, and generating reports.