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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2024
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kerstin Claudia Schelm, Stuttgart, DE;
Bruce Conrad Giamei, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Timothy J Slegel, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Jonathan D. Bradbury, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Reid Copeland, Ontario, CA;
Xin Guo, Toronto, CA;
Michael Klein, Schoenaich, DE;
Petra Leber, Ehningen, DE;
Andreas Wagner, Wildberg, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An instruction configured to perform data conversion is executed. The executing the instruction includes determining that an overflow condition exists in a change of a value, specified by the instruction, from one data format to another data format. It is determined that an overflow result control of the instruction is set to a selected value. A result of executing the instruction is provided. The providing the result includes placing a chosen default value in a result location based on determining that the overflow condition exists and that the overflow result control is set to the selected value.