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How to pass arguments from Python to jmp script while running the jsl from python ?

JmpStatistician — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:45:03 GMT

Hi all,

Does anyone have any pointers on how to pass arguments from python to a jump script (JMP15) ? Eg. I want to pass a file location to JMP to get a datatable , jsl will use this argument string to process the datatable.

This python script will be calling the jump script .jsl file using subprocess.

Re: How to pass arguments from Python to jmp script while running the jsl from python ?

Craige_Hales — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:45:52 GMT

discussed this for the powershell caller; I think you can set the environment variable in python and retrieve it in JMP. Please post back with a short how-to if it works, thanks!

@jschroedl

Re: How to pass arguments from Python to jmp script while running the jsl from python ?

JmpStatistician — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:45:52 GMT

Thanks for sharing. I had seen it but was thinking if there was any direct way to pass to jmp function/script as the environment variable may change in remote system or different platforms.

Anyway an example of how to do it in Python :

Python script to invoke the JMP15 exe with the full JSL script path(script_file_jmp_name) :

import os
import subprocess
os.environ['ScriptArg'] = "This is a string variable passed"
subprocess.call(["C:\Program Files\SAS\JMP\15\jmp.exe", script_file_jmp_name])

JSL :

Open Log();
myvar = Get Environment Variable("ScriptArg");
print(myvar);
quit();

Re: How to pass arguments from Python to jmp script while running the jsl from python ?

Craige_Hales — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:08:11 GMT

Agree, there should be a JMP command line option to supply some JSL. @Wendy_Murphrey

wrote a custom JSL file for each copy of JMP it launched.

edit: perfect example!