Ampersand, percent, compound, and question mark variables

The three variable types, ampersand (&), percent sign (%), and question mark (?), cause HCL Workload Automation for Z to perform variable substitution in different ways. You can use a variable multiple times with a different prefix symbol within the same job.

Note: If JCL variable substitution is on, the ampersand (&), percent sign (%), and question mark (?) are considered by HCL Workload Automation for Z as symbols that precede a JCL variable. Therefore, if you want to use these variables as comment characters within a JCL procedure, specify ACTION=NOSCAN to prevent the JCL from ending with errors.