Pathmaker Reference Manual

Macro Definition and Commands

Macro Language

067869 Tandem Computers Incorporated 3–11

EMIT Use EMIT with a predefined construct variable to generate one or more source lines.

% EMIT

construct-variable

specifies a construct variable predefined by Tandem specifically for use with the

EMIT command.

Consideration

A specified set of construct variables is available for use with the EMIT command.

Syntax and descriptions for these constructs, along with conditions for using them,

appear in Appendix C.

Example

In the following example, the EMIT command is used to generate the COBOL record

description at 01 level for the current ENSCRIBE logical file. The command, which

operates in COBOL only, will execute properly only if there is a current ENSCRIBE

logical file.

% EMIT #file-record-description