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Re: Ampersand in a DC statement

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From: John R. Grout
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 15:18
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In comp.lang.asm370 you write:

>Using Assembler H under MVS, the following DC statement generates
>an error:  DC CL4'C&T '

>The error message is "Undeclared variable symbol".  It is interpreting
>&T as a variable.  How do I declare a constant which contains an
>ampersand.

Try doubling the ampersand (e.g., DC CL4'C&&T ').

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