/*REXX program separates a string of comma-delimited words, and echoes them --> terminal*/ original = 'Hello,How,Are,You,Today' /*some words separated by commas (,). */ Say 'The input string:' original /*display original string --> terminal.*/ new=original /*make a copy of the string. */ Do n=1 Until new=='' /*keep processing until NEW is empty.*/ Parse Var new word.n ',' new /*parse words delineated by a comma (,)*/ End /*n*/ /* [?] the new array is named word. */ Say /* NEW is destructively parsed. */ Say center('Words in the string',40,'-') /*display a nice header for the list. */ Do j=1 To n /*display all the words (one per line),*/ Say word.j||left(.,j\==n) /*maybe append a period (.) to a word. */ End /*j*/ /*Don't append a period after the last */ Say center('End-of-list',40,'-') /*display a (EOL) trailer for the list.*/