Course Description (By Curriculum)
4 to 5 hours
System or application programmers who code Assembler programs or maintain system related programs and user exits
Completion of the Introduction to Assembler and Assembler Instructions courses 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 macro
• How to use supplied system macros
Using Macro Instructions
Macro Definition
Symbolic Parameters
Assembler Variables
Model Statements
Processing Statements
Conditional Assembly Statements
Data Attributes
System Variable Symbols
System Macros
MVS I/O Macro - DCB
Input File Processing
Output File Processing
