gil writes: > That example In the Language Ref. should be extended to show > the effect of SIGNED in contexts beyond SETC, such as: > 2 &A SETA -10 > 3 UE EQU &A Unsigned 10 > 0000000A +UE EQU 10 Unsigned 10 > 4 &C SETC SIGNED(&A) Signed -10 > 5 E EQU &C Signed -10 > FFFFFFF6 +E EQU -10 Signed -10 > 6 SE EQU SIGNED(&A) "for SETA, SETB, and > SETC"
I don't know what you mean by the last line, but the built-in functions are only valid in conditional assembly expressions. The SIGNED function takes an arithmetic expression as argument and returns a character string. What happens when a SETC symbol is substituted into a character string or assembler statement does not depend in any way on whether the value was obtained via the SIGNED function. Jonathan Scott, HLASM IBM Hursley, UK
