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ASMA158E

HLASM Programmer's Guide
SC26-4941-06

Operand expression is defective; set to *

Explanation

The first operand of an EQU statement is defective. If another message appears with this statement, this message is advisory. If this message appears alone, one of the following errors has occurred:
  • The statement is too complex. For example, it has too many forward references or causes an arithmetic overflow during evaluation.
  • The statement is circularly defined.
  • The statement contains a relocatable term that is multiplied or divided.

System action

The symbol in the name field is equated to the current value of the location counter (*), and operands 2 and 3 of the statement, if present, are ignored.

Programmer response

If an error exists, supply a correct expression for operand 1 of the statement.

Severity

8

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