You can use the list form of the POINT macro when you code TYPE=ABS. This list form constructs a parameter list.

The description of the standard form of the POINT macro explains the function of each parameter. The format description below shows the optional and required parameters in the list form only.

The list form of the POINT macro is:

block number—absolute arithmetic expression. It is the absolute block identifier, not its address. You can code a symbolic expression. It can contain a hexadecimal value.

TYPE=ABS

indicates that the block number is a physical block identifier.

MF=L

specifies that the POINT macro is used to create a parameter list for the POINT macro with TYPE=ABS.