What built-in symbolic variables are available for Assembler F?
This question accompanied the previous question. In fact, further discussion in the Hercules-390 clarified that the question was intended to reference Assembler XF (IFOX00) rather than Assembler F (IEUASM from MVT). As far as I can determine from examining the source for IEUASM, there are no built-in symbolic variables provided for Assembler F. (I would gladly accept correction if I am wrong in this.) Upon examination of the Assembler Language Reference manual and Assembler Programmer’s Guide found at http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/370/, I found the definition of these six built-in symbolic variables: &SYSDATE the type attribute is always U; the count attribute is always eight; the value is an eight character string in the format ‘MM/DD/YY’ representing the value of the current system date. &SYSECT the type attribute is always U; the count attribute is equal to the number of characters assigned as a value to &SYSECT; the value assigned is the symbol that represents the name of the curren
