Variable symbols
Variable symbols must begin with an &
followed by
an alphabetic character and, optionally, up to 61 alphanumeric characters. Variable symbols can be used in macro
processing and conditional assembly instructions, and to provide substitution
in machine and assembler instructions. They allow different values
to be assigned to one symbol. A complete discussion of variable symbols
appears in How to specify macro definitions.
The following examples are valid variable symbols:
&VARYINGSYMABC &@ME
&F346944 &A
&EASY_TO_READ