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ASMA311E

HLASM Programmer's Guide
SC26-4941-06

Illegal ALIAS string

Explanation

The ALIAS string is illegal for one of the following reasons:
  • The string is null
  • The string is not in the form C"cccccccc" or X'hhhhhhhh'
  • The string is in the form X'hhhhhhhh' but an odd number of hexadecimal digits has been specified
  • The string contains a character outside the valid range of X'42' to X'FE'
  • The string has been used in the name entry on a previous CSECT, DSECT, RSECT, COM, or LOCTR instruction

System action

The statement is ignored.

Programmer response

Change the program so that the string conforms to the required syntax.

Severity

8

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