Hi All,

I'm using TASM and can't figure out how to make %OUT do what I want,
which is this:

     VersionMajor equ 5
     VersionMinor equ 2
                 .
                 .
                 .
     %OUT My test program.  Version <VersionMajor>.<VersionMinor>

Of course, what I want this to do is to output the following to the
console during compilation:

     My test program.  Version 5.2

Unfortunately, what I get is:

     My test program.  Version <VersionMajor>.<VersionMinor>

I have read and re-read the documentation, but I can't figure out how
to get this to work.

Thanks,

Paul
Regards,

Paul

 >      VersionMajor equ 5
 >      VersionMinor equ 2
 >      %OUT My test program.  Version <VersionMajor>.<VersionMinor>

 > Of course, what I want this to do is to output the following to the
 > console during compilation:

 >      My test program.  Version 5.2

  Don't ask me to explain this, but you need a macro to achieve this:

ShowVal MACRO   m1, m2, m3, m4, m5, m6, m7, m8, m9
%out    &m1&m2&m3&m4&m5&m6&m7&m8&m9
        ENDM

VersionMajor    equ     5
VersionMinor    equ     2

ShowVal <Assembling program version >, %VersionMajor, <.>, %VersionMinor

  Gertjan.

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EchoVer MACRO  vHi, vLo
          IF1
            %OUT My test program.  Version &vHi.&vLo
          ENDIF
        ENDM

;...and then use:

vMajor  equ     5
vMinor  equ     2

EchoVer %vMajor, %vMinor

(The IF1 isn't strictly necessary, it just keeps the macro from repeating
if you assemble with multiple passes.)

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Thanks!!
Regards,

Paul