That still uses hex notation for character data, which is what I'm trying to avoid.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Tom Harper <000016c16a7381bc-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 1:12 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Complex immediate fields Seymour, How about this: LLILH R15,X’4000’ Tom Harper Phoenix Software International Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2024, at 12:56 PM, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > Back in he Assembler XF era I would code something like > > LA R0,L'DEST > LA R1,DEST > XR R15,R15 > ICM R15,8,=C' ' > MVCL R0,R14 > > On current hardware there is an IILF (LFI) instruction, and I would like to > use it instead of the XR/ICM sequence. I consider > > LFI R15,X'40000000' > > to be ugly, and would like to be able to either use an immediate field > combing CL1 and XL3 pieces or to refer to an EQU defining that combination. > Is there any way to do that in HLASM? > > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי > נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and the information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient or have otherwise received this email message in error, any use, dissemination, distribution, review, storage or copying of this e-mail message and the information contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this email message and do not otherwise utilize or retain this email message or any or all of the information contained therein. Although this email message and any attachments or appended messages are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the sender for any loss or damage arising in any way from its opening or use.