The assembler is behaving correctly for the macro instruction | MCGUFFIN A=QWERT
The D2A bif accepts only <D2A input> ::= <signed dstring> | <dstring> <dstring> ::= <dstring><digit> | <digit> <digit> ::= 0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9 <signed dstring> ::= <sign> <dstring> <sign> ::= + | - If you want bullet proofing you will have to write it. I have a macro SINTCHK that sets a created global binary/boolean set symbol equal to boolean 0|1 if its argument is not|is a well-formed integer. It is 'fancy', accepts byte-, halfword-, fullword-, and doubleword-target inputs and baroque signs like that in ' - -+ 505', and that may be overkill for your purposes. Shall I send you a parse? John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 11/24/11, Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
