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Conditional Assembly

Conditional Assembly in a macro facility allows program control over code generation through commands like IF-ELSE-ENDIF, WHILE-ENDW, and GOTO. It also requires branch labels, comparison representations like EQ for = and NE for ≠, and logical operators. Additionally, string processing functions are needed, including those for working with comma separated lists (%NITEMS), getting the length (%LENGTH) or substrings (%SUBSTR) of parameters, and indexing into strings.

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Conditional Assembly

Conditional Assembly in a macro facility allows program control over code generation through commands like IF-ELSE-ENDIF, WHILE-ENDW, and GOTO. It also requires branch labels, comparison representations like EQ for = and NE for ≠, and logical operators. Additionally, string processing functions are needed, including those for working with comma separated lists (%NITEMS), getting the length (%LENGTH) or substrings (%SUBSTR) of parameters, and indexing into strings.

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Conditional Assembly

Conditional Assembly in a macro facility refers to mechanisms for


providing program control over the code generation process. These
require the addition of macro facility commands such as

• IF-ELSE-ENDIF
• WHILE-ENDW
• GOTO

along with branch point labels (e.g., !EXIT) and representational


forms for comparison; e.g.,

EQ for = NE for ≠
LT for < LTE for <=
GT for > GTE for >=

and logical operators AND, OR, NOT with the usual parenthesis grouping.

Additionally, since the macro facility is essentially a text processor, it


is necessary to provide at least rudimentary string processing
capabilities, including system functions for

• working with comma separated lists (%NITEMS)


• length of input parameters (%LENGTH)
• substrings (%SUBSTR)
• indexing into a string (e.g., &MSG[0], or &INIT[2])

%NITEMS() is the number of parameters given by the programmer;


if a parameter &L is a comma separated list, then %NITEMS(&L)
gives the number of items in the list.

%LENGTH(&L) gives the length of &L as a text string.

%SUBSTR(&L, 3, 4) gives the (up to) length 4 substring of &L


starting from index 3.

&L[2] gives the character at index 2 of &L. &L[2,4] gives the


string consisting of the characters at indices 2 and 4 of &L.

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