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ASMA073E

HLASM Programmer's Guide
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Precision lost

Explanation

The modifiers of a floating-point number either truncate the exponent or shift the fraction out of the converted constant.

System action

The constant assembles with an exponent but with a fraction of zero.

Programmer response

Change the modifier or use a longer constant type.

Severity

8

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