Why not use "ED" with a 24-byte mask : (example with lengths on field names to make things clear)
LG GR1,WA_BINARY_8 CVDG GR1,WA_PACKED_16 MVC WA_ANSWER_24,LC_MASK_24 ED WA_ANSWER_24,WA_PACKED_12 LC_MASK_24 DC X'40',22X'20',X'21' WA_ANSWER_24 DS CL24 WA_PACKED_16 DS 0PL16 WA_PACKED_HI DS XL4 WA_PACKED_12 DS XL12 WA_BINARY_8 DS FL8 Rob Scott Lead Developer Rocket Software 77 Fourth Avenue . Suite 100 . Waltham . MA 02451-1468 . USA Tel: +1.781.684.2305 Email: rsc...@rs.com Web: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Donald Likens Sent: 20 March 2013 09:03 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Convert 64 bit to decimal in Assembler Has anyone come up with a better way to convert a 64 bit binary number to decimal then the way I did it? Here is what I did: LG R1,WKCELLD CVDG R1,LONG * UNPK 0(11,R7),LONG(6) FIRST 6 BYTES ARE ALWAYS ZERO UNPK 0(11,R7),LONG+5(6) UNPK 10(11,R7),LONG+10(6) OI 20(R7),X'F0' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN