You can create Rexx programs using any editor that can write straight ASCII files without hidden format controls. The Windows Notepad is an editor that you can use.
Rexx is a free-format programming language. You can indent lines and insert blank lines for readability if you wish. But even free-format languages have some rules about how language elements are used. Rexx's rules center around its basic language element: the clause.
Usually, there is one clause on each line of the program, but you can put several and separate each clause with a semicolon (;):
say "Hello"; say "Goodbye" /* Two clauses on one line */
To continue a clause on a second line, put a comma at the end of the line:
say, /* Continuation */ "It isn't so"
If you need to continue a literal string, do it like this:
say, /* Continuation of literal strings */ "This is a long string that we want to continue", "on another line."
Rexx automatically adds a blank after continue. If you need to split a string, but do not want to have a blank inserted when Rexx puts the string back together, use the Rexx concatenation operator (||):
say "I do not want Rexx to in"||, /* Continuation with concatenation */ "sert a blank!"