FIX: A4001 May Be Caused By a Literal '>' in Text Equate

Last reviewed: September 11, 1997
Article ID: Q32812

5.10 | 5.10 MS-DOS | OS/2 kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS and OS/2, version 5.1

SYMPTOMS

The literal character operator (!) does not allow a right angle bracket to be placed in a text equate. For example, the following line will cause the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) versions 5.10 and 5.10a to generate a warning:

   a   EQU    < !> >

The warning produced is

   A4001: Extra characters on line

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.1. This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Sample Code

; Assemble options needed: none

.model small .data

a EQU < !> >

END

Additional reference words: 5.10 buglist5.10 fixlist6.00
KBCategory: kbtool kbfixlist kbbuglist
KBSubCategory: MLIss
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: September 11, 1997
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