Thanks Bernd, but rewriting the macro isn't an option for me at this time. Charles (Chuck) Hardee Senior Systems Engineer Database Administration Information Technology Services Thermo Fisher Scientific 300 Industry Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15275 724-517-2633 (Office) [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bernd Oppolzer Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Macro Assembler Question My experience with macro assembler is some ten years ago, but: finding the number of parameters in the list and indexing across the list is IMHO only possible for positional parameters, but here we have keyword parameters. positional: LABEL MACNAME A,B,C keyword: LABEL MACNAME P1=A,P2=B,P3=C with positional, the sequence of the parameters is important, with keywords it isn't. You could rewrite the macro like the following: LABEL MACNAME P=(X,Y,Z,...),Q=(A,B,C,...) having the sublists of P growing up to 24 elements, then counting and indexing the sublists. But this would be a major rewrite of your existing macro. Don't know if I understood your problem right. Maybe it would also help to ask the ASSEMBLER mailing list. Kind regards Bernd Am 01.04.2012 08:28, schrieb Ken Brick: > Chuck, > > From the deep dark mists you can: > a. find out the number of parameters in the list > b: index across the list > > Refer to the fine manual, > > Help this helps. > > Ken > On 1/04/2012 10:04 AM, Hardee, Chuck wrote: >> Hello Listers, >> >> I am in the process of doing some work in a macro written years ago. >> >> The problem I am faced with is that the parameter list is something >> like the following: >> >> LABEL MACNAME P1=X,P2=Y,P3=Z,... Where the parameters can go out >> to p24. >> And, unfortunately, there are 4 sets of parameters of this nature, >> not to mention a few "unique" parameters on the list (not suffixed >> with a number). >> >> My question is, does the macro assembly language allow for compound >> variable names? >> So far, everything I have tried has met with resistance from the >> assembler. >> >> Thanks, >> Chuck >> >> Charles (Chuck) Hardee >> Senior Systems Engineer >> Database Administration >> Information Technology Services >> Thermo Fisher Scientific >> Chuck.hardee.at.thermofisher.dot.com >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
