MPE/iX Quick Reference Guide (32650-90881)

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Intrinsics Descriptions
Descriptions of the Intrinsics Available in MPE/iX
Formats the general date format returned by the CALENDAR intrinsic into the custom date
format for a native language. A custom date is an abbreviated format such as 10/1/82 or
82.10.1. The formatting is done according to the template returned by
itemnum = 2 of the
NLINFO intrinsic.
U16V CA I16V U16A
NLFMTCUSTDATE( date,buffer,langnum,error );
NLFMTDATE
NM and CM callable.
Formats the date and time according to language-dependent templates returned by
itemnum s 1 and 3 of the NLINFO intrinsic.
U16V I32V CA I16V U16A
NLFMTDATE( date,time,buffer,langnum,error );
NLFMTLONGCAL
NM and CM callable.
Formats the supplied date according to the long calendar format. The formatting is done
according to the template returned by NLINFO
itemnum =30.
LV BA IV LA
NLFMTLONGCAL( date,string,langnum,error )
NLFMTNUM
NM and CM callable.
Converts a string containing an ASCII number (can include NATIVE-3000 decimal
separator (.), thousands separator (,), and currency symbol/name ($)) to a language-specific
format using the decimal separator, thousands separator, and currency symbol/name
defined for the native language.
I16V CA I16V CA I16V U16A
NLFMTNUM( langnum,instring,inlength,outstring,outlength,error ,
U16A U16V I16V O-V
numspec,fmtmask,decimals )
NLGETLANG
NM and CM callable.
Returns a language ID number that characterizes the current user, data, or system.
Hewlett-Packard subsystems and application programs use NLGETLANG for automatic
configuration.
I16 I16V U16A
langnum :=NLGETLANG( langtype,error );