I tried it and and &sysect generated a value
> On Dec 19, 2023, at 8:17 PM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > > Did you ever establish the CSECT name with a CSECT statement before your > macro? > > Tony Thigpen > > Joe Reichman wrote on 12/19/23 6:33 PM: >> 2420+ PRINT ON >> 000050 B240 00E0 2421+ BAKR 14,0 >> 000054 51CF 0000 00000 2422+ LAE 12,0(15,0) >> 000058 41A0 CFFF 00FFF 2423+ LA 10,4095(,12) >> 00005C 41A0 A001 00001 2424+ LA 10,1(,10) >> 000060 B247 0000 2425+ MSTA 0 >> 2426+ DROP 15 >> 2427+ MHELP 16 >> 2428+ USING ,12,10 >> ** ASMA074E Illegal syntax in expression - ,12 >> Here is the macro code >> DROP 15 DROP ADDRESSING ON ENTRY POINT >> MHELP 16 >> USING &SYSECT,&USING SET ADDRESSING ON BASE REGISTER(SJOER >> Here is the MHELP dump clearly you can see that &SYSECT is GRECOV >> THANKS >> //MHELP ENTRY TO STORAGE MODE >> ////SYSTEM PARAMETERS: >> //SYSVAR NAME LNTH VALUE (5 >> //SYSNDX 004 0005 >> //SYSECT 006 GRECOV >> //SYSLOC 006 GRECOV >> //SYSTIME 005 18.04 >> //SYSDATE 008 12/19/23 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On >> Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen >> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 6:27 PM >> To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >> Subject: Re: Setting &sysect as CSECT or on using >> You know what you failed to include in the post. >> 'nuff said. >> On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:12:37 -0500 Joseph Reichman <reichman...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> :>Hi >> :> >> :>When I use the following >> :> Using &sysect,12,10 >> :> >> :>&sysect comes up blank even though I know it had been set :>Thanks >> -- >> Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com >> Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel