The %GSEL utility selects globals. %GSEL creates a variable %ZG that is a local array of the selected globals. After each selection %GSEL displays the number of globals in %ZG.

%GSEL accepts the wildcard characters asterisk (*), percent sign (%) and question mark (?). The wildcards carry their DCL meanings, with one exception. The wildcards question mark (?) and percent sign (%) lose their meanings when in the first position of a global name. %GSEL interprets a percent sign (%) in the first position of a global name literally.

A colon (:) between two globals specifies a range.

A minus sign (-) or quotation mark (') preceding a global name removes that global from the %ZG array. A question mark (?) provides online help, and "?D" displays global names currently in the array.