How do you override a parameter in Positional parameters?

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How do you override a parameter in Positional parameters?..

Answer / mahesh

//STEP EXEC PGM=PRGM1
//DD01 DD DSN=DATA.SET.LIB,DISP=SHR

and if you want to override,then
you have to write like

//STEP.DD01 DD DSN=DATA.SET.OVERRIDE,DISP=SHR

This will override the dataset(data.set.lib)

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How do you override a parameter in Positional parameters?..

Answer / rajesh_m13

By providing Stepname.patameter name

i.e // exec procedurename,parameter.ddname with changed
parameters

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How do you override a parameter in Positional parameters?..

Answer / mahaveer

It's

Parameter name.step name in proc = value

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How do you override a parameter in Positional parameters?..

Answer / pankaj

By Putting ', ,' in place pf positional parameters

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