I've always used:
ICM R15,B'1000',C' '
To me, that's VERY clear.
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On Behalf
Of Mark Hammack
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Loading the pad byte for MVCL
So, I was wondering if anyone had a "better" way.
I've done:
IC R15,C' '
SLL R15,24
and
LGFI R15,X'40000000'
and
LY R15,PADCHAR
...
PADCHAR DC C' ',X'000000'
What I'd like is to do something like the LGFI (or LLILH) but using the more
"self documenting" PADCHAR format.
I'm probably just too picky. I could probably write a SETPAD macro and use
SLL, just haven't tried that yet.
*Mark Hammack*
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