MFPRG64

DATES:

1. Macro Language
   • Invoke an existing macro with a macro call.
   • Examine the assembler listing to examine the generated macro listing.
2. Macro Definition
   • Define macro definitions.
   • Define parameters used in the macro.
   • Assign values to the parameters.
3. Model Statements
   • Define the symbolic parameters to be declared in the prototype statement.
   • Utilize the system variable symbols.
   • Utilize the conditional assembly language and the SET symbols.
   • Examine the generated statements.
4. MACRO and MEND Statement
   • Use source listing statements.
   • Use an AREAD instruction for assigning a character string value of a statement; place it immediately after a macro instruction to a SETC symbol.
5. Body of a Macro Definition
   • Code the model statements from which Assembler language statements are generated during conditional assembly.
   • Code a positional parameter in a macro definition which changes the value of the parameter each time the macro definition is called.
   • Combine positional and keyword parameters in a prototype statement.
6. Positional Parameters
   • Invoke a macro which writes a standard message to the operator.
   • Invoke a macro which writes the passed value to a log file.
   • Invoke a macro which writes the current date to a log file.
7. Keyword Parameters
   • Code a keyword parameter with a default value.
   • Use the keyword parameter for generating the logic to use a value.
   • Code a macro to branch around a label.
8. Writing Macro Instructions
   • Code a macro that produces a nested branch.
   • Code a macro which modifies the data to a different value.
   • Code a macro which searches a table and produce a searched value.
   • Process sublists in operands.
9. Levels of Macro Call Nesting
   • Code a macro that calls other macros.
10. Writing Conditional Assembly Instructions
    • Use a SET symbol to represent a one-dimensional array with multiple values.
    • Create SET symbols during the conditional assembly processing from other variable symbols and character strings.
11. Branching
    • Use the AIF instruction to branch based upon the results of a condition test.
    • Branch based on the value which is part of a character string.