That would correspond to 2 bytes and 4 bytes. Hence the word "code". (These lengths check out for BALR and BAL on the green card facsimiles hanging in a frame on the wall of my home office - that John Ehrman gave me.)
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer zChampion, Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/mpt/ or https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-topics/id1127943573?mt=2 Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA From: Joseph Reichman <reichman...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 29/08/2019 15:47 Subject: ILC of BAL, BALR Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Does this mean That BALR is length code 1 and BAL is 2 And for BALR bit 32 is on BAL bit 33 is on Thanks ---T--T-----T---------------------┐ │IL│ │Prog │ │ │C │CC│Mask │ Instruction Address │ L--+--+-----+---------------------- 32 34 36 4 63 The instruction-length code is 1 or 2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN