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madhavans

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:32 am
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Hi!

My first post here. i am just trying to figure the following out.

Given
Code:
VAR1   DC   CL8'12345678'
 AVAR1 DS    CL4


Upon Execution of
Code:
PACK  AVAR1,VAR1
 
 --VAR1-|--avar1
 12345678.áű
 FFFFFFFF2468
12345678357F


Which is expected behavior

However, when i execute
Code:
PACK  AVAR1,VAR1+1
 
 --VAR1-|--avar1
 12345678.îÌ.
 FFFFFFFF3570
123456784680


The result is not a valid Packed decimal.

I have been unable to locate any documentation to help me figure out why the last byte is x'00'.

Just wondering if any of you can help with this.
Coded for you
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:24 pm
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the assembler manual has the reply icon_cool.gif
anyway PACK is a two lengths instruction and the length used by the assembler are those implied by the variable definition,
so You are packing from VAR1+1 for the VAR1 length so You get the one byte of garbage stored after VAR1,

You could have also seen that from the assembler listing looking at the left side with the hex of the instructions
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madhavans

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:38 pm
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implied by the variable definition....
You could have also seen that from the assembler listing looking at the left side with the hex of the instructions...


Thanks for the pointers, this just plugged some gaps in my understanding

Appreciate you taking the time to respond..

Thank you
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steve-myers

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 12:02 am
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Code:
         PACK  VAR2,VAR1
         ...
VAR1     DC    CL8'12345678'
VAR2     DC    XL4'00'

VAR2     DC    XL4'2345678F'
The second VAR2 is its contents after the PACK instruction. F is a valid alternate packed decimal sign. Read every word of the discussion about packed decimal numbers in Principles of Operation.
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