On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:33:27 -0500 John Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote:
:>I am not sure that I fully understand your post. On the assumption :>that you have a macro definition something like the skeletal :>| macro :>| MCGUFFIN &a= :>| . . . :>| mexit :>| mend :>and such a macro instruction as :>| MCGUFFIN A=-20 :>try using the HLASM bif D2A (p. 350 of the LR for version 1.6 of the :>HLASM), as in :>|&ac setc '&A' --editable character value :>with any sign :>|&aa seta D2A(&ac) --signed arithmetic value :>within the macro definition. :>This is tedious, but it should resolve your problem. MCGUFFIN A=QWERT ASMA214E Invalid operand value T' does not give an error message. -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies.
