"Subordinate items are not aligned" yeah, no.
If an 01 is aligned, then the subordinate 05 under the 01 is also aligned. It has to be this way because of REDEFINES. I cant REDEFINE an unaligned item into an aligned item. 77 are aligned because they are standalone, i.e. no grouping. Joe On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 12:07 PM Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:31:55 -0500 Joe Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > > :>Cobol has alignment too. You just dont see it. > > :>All storage is aligned. > > The opposite is true. > > Group (01/77) are aligned. > > Subordinate items are not aligned unless the SYNC clause is specified. > > :>On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 10:24 AM Nguyen Dt <[email protected]> wrote: > :> > :>> Thank you all for your inputs, > :>> > :>> I am over the problem now. > :>> In fact what i tried to do is to Move some fields to my output fields > and > :>> then write it as a report. (It is a Db2 performance report, the input > are > :>> from the trace buffers with the macros given by Db2 libraries) > :>> > :>> So my program is roughly like this > :>> READ Buffer on QW... variables > :>> > :>> MVC OW...,QW... > :>> > :>> > :>> OW... are the output fields i defined it exactly as in the DSECT got > from > :>> the macros. > :>> As it is an output field, the position is important (and it is why i > :>> detected a problem in the positions of my fields) > :>> Its is OK now with OW... variables defined as characters CLx > :>> > :>> (PS: When i use NOALIGN , the program abends at execution ...) > :>> > :>> As i learn assembler "on the flight" , there is some important things > that > :>> i don' t understand , such as the alignment .... This is something we > don't > :>> care in cobol , rexx .... Can you tell me why assembler has the > alignment > :>> in words that are easy to understand and visualize in my little head ? > :>> > :>> Thank you again. > :>> Duc > :>> > :>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > :>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > :>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > :>> > :> > :>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > :>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > :>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> > http://www.dissensoftware.com > > Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel > > > Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, > you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. > > I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, > especially those from irresponsible companies. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
