You have been given good advice.
Create a minimal program that shows the problem. Based on the expansion shown,
all you need is register equates and the CSECT statement.
Source should be:
COPY macroname - to place it in the listing
WHATEVER CSECT
USING *,R15
macroname parameters
register equates
END
On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:18:05 -0500 Joseph Reichman <reichman...@gmail.com>
wrote:
:>I tried it and and &sysect generated a value
:>
:>> On Dec 19, 2023, at 8:17?PM, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote:
:>>
:>> ?Did you ever establish the CSECT name with a CSECT statement before your
macro?
:>>
:>> Tony Thigpen
:>>
:>> Joe Reichman wrote on 12/19/23 6:33 PM:
:>>> 2420+ PRINT ON
:>>> 000050 B240 00E0 2421+ BAKR 14,0
:>>> 000054 51CF 0000 00000 2422+ LAE 12,0(15,0)
:>>> 000058 41A0 CFFF 00FFF 2423+ LA 10,4095(,12)
:>>> 00005C 41A0 A001 00001 2424+ LA 10,1(,10)
:>>> 000060 B247 0000 2425+ MSTA 0
:>>> 2426+ DROP 15
:>>> 2427+ MHELP 16
:>>> 2428+ USING ,12,10
:>>> ** ASMA074E Illegal syntax in expression - ,12
:>>> Here is the macro code
:>>> DROP 15 DROP ADDRESSING ON ENTRY POINT
:>>> MHELP 16
:>>> USING &SYSECT,&USING SET ADDRESSING ON BASE REGISTER(SJOER
:>>> Here is the MHELP dump clearly you can see that &SYSECT is GRECOV
:>>> THANKS
:>>> //MHELP ENTRY TO STORAGE MODE
:>>> ////SYSTEM PARAMETERS:
:>>> //SYSVAR NAME LNTH VALUE (5
:>>> //SYSNDX 004 0005
:>>> //SYSECT 006 GRECOV
:>>> //SYSLOC 006 GRECOV
:>>> //SYSTIME 005 18.04
:>>> //SYSDATE 008 12/19/23
:>>> -----Original Message-----
:>>> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On
:>>> Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen
:>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 6:27 PM
:>>> To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
:>>> Subject: Re: Setting &sysect as CSECT or on using
:>>> You know what you failed to include in the post.
:>>> 'nuff said.
:>>> On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:12:37 -0500 Joseph Reichman <reichman...@gmail.com>
:>>> wrote:
:>>> :>Hi
:>>> :>
:>>> :>When I use the following
:>>> :> Using &sysect,12,10
:>>> :>
:>>> :>&sysect comes up blank even though I know it had been set :>Thanks
:>>> --
:>>> Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> http://www.dissensoftware.com
:>>> Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel
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Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com>
http://www.dissensoftware.com
Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel
