Answer Posted / harshil gandhi (trainee at cog

i have 10 steps in jcl program but i have to exicute only 
2,4,6,8th and 10th ?how it's possible?
yes off course its possible..

       step1;
xx     step2;
       step3;
xx     step4;
       step5;
xx     step6;
       step7;
xx     step8;

explanation= use xx on the left side of the step or line in the command... and write (sub nx;) in the command...then it will execute only the excluded lines...thank you for reading... 

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