Msg severity

A halfword, set by the external function, from which the assembler determines the associated message number. The severity code returned by the function is rounded up to a multiple of four as shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Message severity and associated messages
Severity Code Specified Severity Code Used Associated Message
0 0 ASMA710I
1–4 4 ASMA711W
5–8 8 ASMA712E
9–12 12 ASMA713S
>12 16 ASMA714C