Which is better because...? Always glad to learn a new technique! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 5:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Loading the pad byte for MVCL
I used to use that when Old Man Noach was cornering the market in gopher wood, but these days I use LFI. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> on behalf of Phil Smith III <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:39 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Loading the pad byte for MVCL External Message: Use Caution 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* [email protected]
