EXTERNALS

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>>-EXTERNALS--(--)---------------------------------------------><

always returns a 0. For example:
EXTERNALS()    ->    0    /* Always */

The EXTERNALS function returns the number of elements in the terminal input buffer (system external event queue). In CICS, there is no equivalent buffer. Therefore, in the CICS implementation of REXX, the EXTERNALS function always returns a 0.


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