But what if the length is calculated (not from an equate or L' attribute) and is already in the target register?
Sincerely, Dave Clark On Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > That what I use, but I typically have a nonzero length, so it's > > LFI Rx,X'40000000'+L'y > > > -- > 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 Jonathan Scott <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 3:42 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Loading the pad byte for MVCL > > > External Message: Use Caution > > > It's not clear whether you're assuming 31-bit or 64-bit mode. If it's > only 31-bit, then IILF (also known as LFI if you have a recent maintenance > level of HLASM) would probably be best as a hardware solution, and you can > write the immediate value as follows if you like: > > LFI R15,C' '*X'1000000' > > Jonathan Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Mark Hammack > Sent: 05 March 2026 20:32 > 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] > > >
