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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael K. Gschwind, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Brett Olsson, Cary, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A Set Boolean machine instruction is provided that has associated therewith a result location to be used for a set Boolean operation and a mask. The mask is configured to test a plurality of types of conditions, including simple conditions and composite conditions. The machine instruction is executed, and the executing includes performing a first logical operation between the mask and contents of a selected field to obtain an output. The mask indicates a condition to be tested, and the condition is one type of condition of the plurality of types of conditions. The executing further includes performing a second logical operation on the output to obtain a first value represented as one data type, and placing a result in the result location based on the first value. The result including a second a value of another data type, the other data type being different from the one data type.