RE: What is positional parameter and keyword parameter and what is the

difference between them?

Positional parameters should come in an order...and key word parametes can come in any
order....

Positional ParametersA positional parameter must be placed in a specific position within

the operand field. (If you want to omit a positional parameter you must replace that
parameter with a comma.)

Example: //U99999A JOB (*) ’Mazhar’

In this example the two positional parameters are separated by a comma. The first
parameter (*) allows the system to determine accounting information from the TSO logon
userid. (Accounting information is always positioned as the first parameter following the
job name field.) The second parameter 'Mazhar' is the user’s name.

here if you dont want to use the user name and want to code CLASS parameter like then
u need to leave a comma like this

//U99999A JOB (*) CLASS A << Observe two commas after (*)

Keyword ParametersKeyword parameters have no special position or order within the

operand field. However they follow any required positional parameters within a job
statement. A keyword is entered followed by an equal sign and a value.

Example:

TIME (1 30)

This parameter contains the keyword TIME followed by an equal sign and two values in
parentheses. (This example instructs the computer that the CPU should not process the
job for longer than one minute and 30 seconds.)

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