Douglas, how is this (until EXRL is legalised ;-)
EX R2,=S(7*16+&PACK,DWORD,0(R10)) And Yes- I am aware of problems in the literalpool having different usings - (for Robin) and I have verified that R2 is between F and 0 and that R10 is on the beginning of a string) -- Martin Pi_cap_CPU - all you ever need around MWLC/SCRT/CMT in z/VSE more at http://www.picapcpu.de