360 Assembly/360 Instructions/MR

MR - Multiply Register - Opcode 1C

Format

MR 2,7

The specific syntax is

MR target register, source register.

• The first argument is a one with lesser number of pair of target registers which value is affected by the instruction.
• The second argument is the source value register.

Availability

The MR instruction is available on all models of the 360, 370 and z/System.

Operation

The MR instruction does multiply of two signed 32-bit integers. The first multiplicand is got from the general register T+1, where T is number of the target register (first operand). The second multiplicand is got from the source register (second operand). The resulting product as 64-bit signed value is then placed into registers T (most significand 32 bits) and T+1 (least significand 32 bits). The target register number T shall be even.

The Condition Code field in the Program Status Word is not changed.

Exceptions and Faults

• If an odd register number is specified as the target register, operation exception occurs.

Notes

Getting first multiplicand from T+1 instead of T, where T is target register number, can be confusing for program code reader. For example, "MR 2,2" multiplies values of registers 2 and 3, but "MR 2,3" calculates square of value of register 3.

Related instructions

• To multiply by word value from memory, see M.
• To divide by word value from register, see DR.
• To add word value from register, see AR.
• To add value and set condition codes according to unsigned arithmetic, or add not most significant part of multi-word integer value, see AL or ALR.
• To multiply floating-point values, see MER, MDR, ME or MD.