In fact, I have a whole set of them to assist COBOL programmers. ;-) BITMAN ASM Bit Manipulation Routine DTEMAN ASM Date Manipulation Routine HEXMAN ASM Hex Manipulation Routine LIBMAN ASM Vse/librarian Manager NUMMAN ASM Number Manipulation Routine PRTMAN ASM Cics Print Manager RTCMAN ASM Return Code Manager TXTMAN ASM Text Manipulation Routine
Sincerely, Dave Clark On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM David Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, and (my) VSE does have my BITMAN subroutine that allows COBOL > programmers to twiddle bits in COBOL. > > Sincerely, > Dave Clark > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> But, VSE does have: >> CEESICLR—Bit Clear >> CEESISET—Bit Set >> CEESISHF—Bit Shift >> CEESITST—Bit Test >> >> Although, I rather use my own simpler callable assembler routines that >> don't have the LE overhead. But, to be fair, Your talking halfwords that >> can easily be handled in a small cobol copybook procedure. >> >> Tony Thigpen >> President >> Thigpen Enterprises >> >> David Clark wrote on 2/13/26 1:28 PM: >> >>> Well, Enterprise COBOL V6.x now has functions... >> > >> > Cheers for Enterprise COBOL. We have VSE COBOL. ;-) >> > >> > Sincerely, >> > >> > Dave Clark >> > -- >> > int.ext: 91078 >> > direct: (937) 531-6378 >> > home: (937) 751-3300 >> > >> > Winsupply Group Services >> > 3110 Kettering Boulevard >> > Dayton, Ohio 45439 USA >> > (937) 294-5331 >> >>
