ADATA instruction

The ADATA instruction writes records to the associated data file.


>>-+-----------------+--ADATA----------------------------------->
   '-sequence_symbol-'          

>--value1,value2,value3,value4,character_string----------------><

sequence_symbol: Is a sequence symbol.
value1-value4: Up to four values can be specified, separated by commas. If a value is omitted, the field written to the associated data file contains binary zeros. You must code a comma in the operand for each omitted value. If specified, value1 through value4 must be a decimal self-defining term with a value in the range -2³¹ to +2³¹-1.
character_string: Is a character string up to 255 bytes long, enclosed in single quotes. If omitted, the length of the user data field in the associated data file is set to zero.

Notes:

All operands can be omitted to produce a record containing binary zeros in all fields except the user data field.
The record written to the associated data file is described in the section "User-Supplied Information Record X'0070'" in the HLASM Programmer's Guide.
If you do not specify the ADATA assembler option, or the GOFF(ADATA) or the XOBJECT(ADATA) assembler option (z/OS or CMS), the assembler only checks the syntax of an ADATA instruction, and prints it in the assembler listing.
The assembler writes associated data records to the SYSADATA (z/OS or CMS), or the SYSADAT (z/VSE) file if the ADATA assembler option has been specified.