| macroinstructions: | USSPARM |
| dependencies: | VALUE |
Specifies a default value to be used if the operand is omitted when the command is entered. If DEFAULT is not specified, the operand is treated as if it were not entered.
If the parameter in the PARM operand allows a network-qualified name to be specified, then the value of DEFAULT can be a network-qualified name.
The DEFAULT and VALUE operands cannot be coded on the same USSPARM macroinstruction. Instead, code two USSPARM macroinstructions with the same value specified for PARM. The macroinstruction specifying VALUE must precede the one containing the DEFAULT operand. If REP is to be specified, it must be on the macroinstruction containing the VALUE operand.
The default value (value) must
follow the rules for coding assembler DC statements for character
(C-type) constants. For example, if you want the following character
string for value
'DUMP'DEFAULT='DUMP'