Re: New to the List

On 1/7/2022 10:15 AM, Dave Clark wrote: Not disagreeing... Just didn't know about this list. Happy to be here. ;-) And we're happy to have you... Welcome aboard! -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 https://www.phoenixs

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

On 2022-01-08 07:25, Steve Smith wrote: Well, I'm not familiar with the VPKZ, and if not available, or traditionally, you must code two PACKs for pieces of zoned fields longer than 16 bytes. If you use two PACK instructions, it helps to PACK the upper bytes first. Same applies conversely f

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

Also remember that COBOL, like any compiled or interpreted language, can define fields and operations on those fields that require an assembler subroutine to implement.  I also understand that more recent versions of the IBM z/OS COBOL compiler use decimal floating point to implement decimal arith

Re: New to the List

Dave, Don't know if I can help. What is your question/problem? It is not included in this string. I am a retired IBM-SE that worked in produce development and client consulting on both MVS and VSE. Dennis Fortier On Fri, Jan 7, 2022, 12:48 PM wrote: > Hey y'all. I just signed up he

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

Ok but always worked fine in previous versions Obter o Outlook para Android From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List on behalf of Seymour J Metz Sent: Friday, January 7, 2022 5:45:45 PM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Convert

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

Sorry, senior moment. I keep forgetting that the encoding of the length in older nstruction is offset by one; maybe I've OD'd on CLCL and MVCL.] VKPZ is part of the vector-packed-decimal facility; it's in SA22-7832-12, and I don't recall when it was first available. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" wrote on 01/07/2022 03:21:30 PM: > ITYM more than 15 digits. No, the manual specifically refers to "the 16-byte second-operand limit of PACK." Since there is no separate sign in this case, those 16 bytes are 16 digits with possible sign overpunch on the

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

Well, I'm not familiar with the VPKZ, and if not available, or traditionally, you must code two PACKs for pieces of zoned fields longer than 16 bytes. Same applies conversely for UNPK, although ED can do it (and much more) in one pass. The maximum lengths for SS instructions with two lengths is 1

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

ITYM more than 15 digits. The easiest way is with Vector Pack Zoned (VPKZ). -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of Dave Clark [dlcl...@winsupplyinc.com] S

Re: New to the List

If the question relates to using a VSE service from assembler, it belongs on IBM=MAIN or VSE-L; if the question relates to the syntax or semantics of the assembly language, e.g., HLASM, then the question belongs on ASSEMBLER-LIST or IBM-MAIN. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~s

Re: New to the List

Many are on multiple lists, but I doubt that many are on all lists of interest. I have no CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, TPF, or VSE experience (unless you count DOS/360); others have no MVS experience or no VM experience. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3

Re: Convert Zoned to Packed

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" wrote on 01/07/2022 02:34:49 PM: > If it is possible, how do you code in assembler to convert more > than 16 digits of zoned data into a packed field? I'm presuming, of > course, that a packed field can be longer than 8 bytes in assembler. VSE > COBOL c

Convert Zoned to Packed

If it is possible, how do you code in assembler to convert more than 16 digits of zoned data into a packed field? I'm presuming, of course, that a packed field can be longer than 8 bytes in assembler. VSE COBOL can handle 18 digits, correct? So, that would be a 10-byte packed field.

Re: New to the List

I often have the impression that most of the active posters are on all lists of interest, be it IBM-Main, VSE, ASSEMBLER, ... I am active since 2003 (I think) on IBM-Main, ASSEMBLER and some others (PL/1, DB2, ...) and only recently (in 2020) I added VSE-L, because one of my current customers

Re: New to the List

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" wrote on 01/07/2022 01:13:19 PM: > And, it did belong here Not disagreeing... Just didn't know about this list. Happy to be here. ;-) Sincerely, Dave Clark -- Winsupply Group Services 3110 Kettering Boulevard Dayton, Ohio 45439 USA (937) 294

Re: New to the List

And, it did belong here Tony Thigpen Dave Clark wrote on 1/7/22 1:08 PM: "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" wrote on 01/07/2022 01:05:56 PM: I don't recall anyone chastising you on vse-l. Well, chastising might me too strong of a word. ;-) But I kept getting "this question belon

Re: New to the List

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" wrote on 01/07/2022 01:05:56 PM: > I don't recall anyone chastising you on vse-l. Well, chastising might me too strong of a word. ;-) But I kept getting "this question belongs on the assembler-list." ;-) Sincerely, Dave Clark -- int.ext: 91078 dire

Re: New to the List

I don't recall anyone chastising you on vse-l. On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 12:01 PM Tony Thigpen wrote: > We hear you! > > Tony Thigpen > > industryn...@winwholesale.com wrote on 1/7/22 12:48 PM: > > Hey y'all. I just signed up here after getting chastised > several > > times on the VSE-L l

Re: New to the List

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List" wrote on 01/07/2022 01:01:02 PM: > We hear you! Thanks for the response. Good to know that my subscription is working. ;-) Sincerely, Dave Clark -- Winsupply Group Services 3110 Kettering Boulevard Dayton, Ohio 45439 USA (937) 294-5331 *

Re: New to the List

We hear you! Tony Thigpen industryn...@winwholesale.com wrote on 1/7/22 12:48 PM: Hey y'all. I just signed up here after getting chastised several times on the VSE-L list that my questions belonged here. So, I know most things in HASM should be the same regardless of z/OS or z/VSE, b

New to the List

Hey y'all. I just signed up here after getting chastised several times on the VSE-L list that my questions belonged here. So, I know most things in HASM should be the same regardless of z/OS or z/VSE, but how many VSEer's we got on this list? Sincerely, Dave Clark -- Winsupply Group