Course Description (By Curriculum)
5 to 7 hours
System or application programmers who code Assembler programs or maintain system related programs and user exits
Completion of the Introduction to Assembler course or equivalent experience, knowledge of programming concepts, and experience with OS/390 and System/390 architecture
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify how to code an Assembler program by using the System/390 instruction repertoire
• Recognize ways of linking to internal and external Assembler routines
Load and Store Instructions
Load Multiple and Store Multiple Instructions
Insert and Store Characters
Load Address Instruction
Binary Arithmetic Instructions
Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide
Algebraic Shifts
Logical Shifts
Data Conversion Instructions
Data Movement Instructions
Decimal Arithmetic
Shift and Round
Logical and Boolean Operations
Translations
Logical Comparisons
Binary Integer Comparisons
Decimal and Bit String Comparisons
Sequencing and Control
Branch Instructions
Program Linkage
Subroutine Linkage
Linkage Stack
Bi-Modal Linkage
