HLASM Language Reference

COPY Instruction
sequence_symbol
is a sequence symbol.
number_of_lines
is a non-negative decimal integer that specifies the number of lines to be left
blank. If number_of_lines is omitted, one line is left blank. If number_of_lines
has a value greater than the number of lines remaining on the listing page, the
instruction has the same effect as an AEJECT statement.
Notes:
1. The ASPACE instruction can only be used inside a macro definition.
2. The ASPACE instruction itself is not printed in the listing.
3. The ASPACE instruction does not affect the listing of statements generated
when the macro is called.
COPY Instruction
The COPY instruction, inside macro definitions, lets you copy into the macro
definition any sequence of statements allowed in the body of a macro definition.
These statements become part of the body of the macro before macro processing
takes place. You can also use the COPY instruction to copy complete macro
definitions into a source module.
The specifications for the COPY instruction, which can also be used in open code,
are described in “COPY Instruction” on page 122.
MEXIT Instruction
The MEXIT instruction provides an exit for the assembler from any point in the
body of a macro definition. The MEND instruction provides an exit only from the
end of a macro definition (see “MEND Statement” on page 245 for details).
The MEXIT instruction statement can be used only inside macro definitions.
►►──┬─────────────────┬──MEXIT─────────────────────────────────────►◄
└─sequence_symbol─┘
sequence_symbol
is a sequence symbol.
The MEXIT instruction causes the assembler to exit from a macro definition to the
next sequential instruction after the macro instruction that calls the definition. (This
also applies to nested macro instructions, which are described in “Nesting Macro
Instruction Definitions” on page 311.)
For example, the following macro definition contains an MEXIT statement:
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