Thanks 



> On Jun 25, 2019, at 9:01 PM, Mike Hochee <mike.hoc...@aspg.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Joe, 
> 
> The 'D'  (floating point constant type) and F (fixed point constant type) 
> have been around forever. Somewhere between 95-2002 IBM added the 
> type-extension subfield to the DC instruction. As of 2004, D became a valid 
> type-extension, which clarifies characteristics of the type, so in 
> type-extension context, D is doubleword.  ( 
> ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/awdtools/hlasm/S8164H.pdf  pg 3 )
> 
> For fixed point type double word constants, you can use... ONE   DC    FD'1'  
>  
> 
> I was surprised to stumble across this myself some years ago. 
> 
> HTH, 
> Mike 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Joseph Reichman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:35 PM
> To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: ltorg question
> 
> I see the following literal 
> 
> 
> 
> 4110000000000000            1403                =D'1'
> 
> 
> 
> Shouldn't it of translated to 
> 
> 0000000000000001
> 
> 
> 
> And the same for -4 
> 
> C140000000000000            1406                =D'-4'
> 
> Shouldn't it of translated to 
> 
> To 
> 
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC
> 
> thanks

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