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ASMA067S

HLASM Programmer's Guide
SC26-4941-06

Illegal duplication factor - xxxxxxxx

Explanation

One of the following errors has occurred:
  • A literal has a zero duplication factor
  • The duplication factor of a constant is greater than the maximum of 224-1 bytes
  • A duplication factor expression of a constant is not correct

System action

The operand in error and the following operands of a DC, DS, or DXD statement are ignored. The statement containing the literal assembles as zero.

Programmer response

Supply a valid duplication factor. If you want a zero duplication factor, write the literal as a DC statement.

Severity

12

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