FIX: A4001 May Be Caused By a Literal '>' in Text Equate (32812)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) 5.1

This article was previously published under Q32812

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

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/29/2003
Keywords:	kbfix KB32812