You are correct Sir 

Let me look at LOCTR and see if it can help

Thanks 



> On Dec 29, 2021, at 9:42 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> You'd have a similar problem with
> 
> FIELDA     DS    7CL10
> 
> The length would be 10, not 70.
> 
> 
> --
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [[email protected]] on 
> behalf of Joseph Reichman [[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 9:34 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Determining a group item
> 
> Thanks what i am trying to is generate Rexx variables and assign them values 
> From an assembler copy book
> 
> A 0cl or 0 pl does not bump up the location counter as I traverse the record
> 
> I guess I could use LOCTR
> 
> To see where I am at
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
>> On Dec 29, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Most programmers would expect these two to be equivalent:
>> 
>>   MVC   foo,bar
>>   MVC   foo(L'foo),bar
>> 
>> If you can make a business case, I would suggest an RFE for an R 
>> (repetition) attribute.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
>> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [[email protected]] on 
>> behalf of Joseph Reichman [[email protected]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 8:42 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Determining a group item
>> 
>> Is there any way of determine a group item
>> 
>> I was always under the impression that
>> 
>> For instance FIELDA     DS    0CL10
>> The L’FIELDA length would by zero
>> 
>> Just ran an assembly and did a SETA     &A L’FIELDA and then.   DC F’&A’ and 
>> it was 10
>> 
>> So my question becomes is there any way of determining a group item
>> 
>> Thanks

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