A distinction is called for here.
k'<character set-symbol identifier> is always useful, but it is not
always useful simplistically.
For Tony's particular problem
|&zeros2 setc '00'
|&seqno seta 0
| . . .
|&seqno seta &seqno+1
&seqno_overflow setb (&seqno gt 999)
aif (&seqno_overflow).seqno_overflow
|&seqcs seta A2D(&seqno)
|&k seta k'&seqcs
&padk
On 2/12/14, David Stokes <sto...@interchip.de> wrote:
> Oh right, something like "K'& doesn't like quote and ampersand"? (I've
> deleted the original). I guess that was easy to misinterpret.
>
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> Im Auftrag von Martin Truebner
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2014 18:17
> An: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Betreff: Re: getting length of macro symbol
>
> David,
>
>>> wouldn't work
>
> I di not say that.
>
> I did say >> does not consider ' and & <<
>
> and for the purpose Tony wants it K' is the better approach. But that was
> not obvious- could have been text (i.e. for error-messages).
>
> --
> Martin
>
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