If you are willing to use arithmetic set symbols such a construction as |&ASCII_blank_rank seta x'20'
sets this signed-fullword arithmetic set symbol equal to decimal 32,
x'00000020'.
Alternatively, and perhaps a little more perspicuously, you can use
the assembler BIF X2A, as in
|&ASCII_blank_rank seta X2A('20')
Set symbols can of course be used both in open code and within macro definitions
John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA
