Look at the definition of expression on the page. It doesn't include relocatable symbols.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 12:31 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Calculating a SET symbol from a label External Message: Use Caution On 2/17/26 10:08, Seymour J Metz wrote: > I have macros that need to set the values of a SET symbol to the difference > of two relocatable symbols. I can generate an EQU and refer to it in the > SETA, but that's ugly. Is there a cleaner way, or an RFE to provide one? > Ideally I'd like a transfer function or a new pseudo-op. ??? <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/hla-and-tf/1.6.0?topic=symbols-seta-instruction>: variable_symbolSETAexpression What does "expression" not provide that you need? -- gil
