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2023-11-22 Thread João Reginato
Ok, thank you -Mensagem original- De: IBM Mainframe Assembler List Em nome de Jonathan Scott Enviada em: quarta-feira, 22 de novembro de 2023 18:05 Para: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: RES: RES: Macro variable attributes > My compiler says the length of

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2023-11-22 Thread Jonathan Scott
> My compiler says the length of the EQU must be an absolute > value when I use wklen+8 on it. We probably need to clarify some of the terminology in the books and the message explanations. The word "defined" normally simply means that the definition of a symbol has already been seen, but does no

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2023-11-22 Thread João Reginato
: RES: Macro variable attributes On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:39:02 -0300, João Reginato wrote: >Have you read from the beginning of this thread? Yes, I'm familiar with the thread. As I said before, we're making assumptions because you didn't state your intent. Instead, you gave

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2023-11-22 Thread João Reginato
: terça-feira, 21 de novembro de 2023 19:03 Para: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: RES: Macro variable attributes On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:39:02 -0300, João Reginato wrote: >Have you read from the beginning of this thread? Yes, I'm familiar with the thread. As I sai

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2023-11-21 Thread Jon Perryman
On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:39:02 -0300, João Reginato wrote: >Have you read from the beginning of this thread? Yes, I'm familiar with the thread. As I said before, we're making assumptions because you didn't state your intent. Instead, you gave a specific example >As I said in the first e-mail se

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2023-11-21 Thread João Reginato
m nome de Jon Perryman Enviada em: terça-feira, 21 de novembro de 2023 17:21 Para: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Assunto: Re: RES: RES: RES: Macro variable attributes Is the EQU something you can't change? If you need it as the value then code it as both value and length so it can be acces

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2023-11-21 Thread Jon Perryman
Is the EQU something you can't change? If you need it as the value then code it as both value and length so it can be accessed as a value and length. In your case, the value will always resolve to a number so it is always a valid length. EQU_LABEL EQU 30,30 EQU_LABEL EQU ANOTHER_LABEL,ANOTHE

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2023-11-21 Thread João Reginato
BLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Assunto: Re: RES: RES: Macro variable attributes Joao, In your case, the value is always a number that is used to specify the length of a variable. Why can't you specify this length number as the second EQU arg instead of the first arg which is the value that can be e

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2023-11-21 Thread Jon Perryman
Joao, In your case, the value is always a number that is used to specify the length of a variable. Why can't you specify this length number as the second EQU arg instead of the first arg which is the value that can be extracted using L'?   On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:00:31 -0300, João Reginato wrote

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2023-11-21 Thread João Reginato
I don't care about its length but the actual value -Mensagem original- De: IBM Mainframe Assembler List Em nome de Jon Perryman Enviada em: terça-feira, 21 de novembro de 2023 14:09 Para: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Assunto: Re: RES: Macro variable attributes Like DC & DS, you can