HLASM: V1R6 Language Ref

Macro and conditional assembly language summaryTable 67. Macro language elements (part 1) (continued)Variable SymbolsGlobal-scope SET Symbols² Local SET Symbols²StatementSymbolic ParameterSETA SETB SETC SETA SETB SETCSequence SymbolNotes:1. Variable symbols in macro instructions are replaced by their values before processing.2. Depending upon their values, system variable symbols with global scope can be used in the same way as global SET symbols, and system variable symbols with local scope can be used in the same way as local SET symbols.3. Only if value is self-defining term.4. Converted to arithmetic 0 or 1.5. Only in character relations.6. Only in arithmetic relations.7. Only in arithmetic or character relations.8. Converted to an unsigned number.9. Converted to character 0 or 1.10. Only if one to ten decimal digits, not greater than 2147483647.11. Only in created SET symbols if value of parenthesized expression is an alphabetic character followed by 0 to 61 alphanumeric characters.12. Only in created SET symbols (as described above) and in subscripts (see SETA statement).13. The first operand of a SETAF or SETCF instruction must be a character (SETC) expression containing or evaluating to an eight byte module name.Appendix C. Macro and conditional assembly language summary 407