MPE/iX Quick Reference Guide (32650-90881)

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Intrinsics Descriptions

Descriptions of the Intrinsics Available in MPE/iX

CTRANSLATE

NM and CM callable.

Converts a string of characters between EBCDIC and ASCII, or between EBCDIK

(HP-speciﬁc version of EBCDIC) and KANA8 (8-bit, Japanese International Standard

(JIS) version of USASCII code).

I16V CA CA I16V CA

CTRANSLATE(

transcode,inbuffer,outbuffer,bufferlength

transtable

);

DASCII

NM and CM callable.

Converts a 32-bit binary number to a speciﬁed base and represents it as a numeric ASCII

string.

I16 I32V I16V CA

numchar

:=DASCII(

binvalue,base,asciieqv

);

DATELINE

NM and CM callable.

Returns the current date and time, including the day of week, month, day, year, hours, and

minutes.

DATELINE(

datebuffer

);

DBINARY

NM and CM callable.

Converts a numeric ASCII string to a 32-bit binary value. The numeric ASCII string can

be octal, hexadecimal, or decimal.

I32 CA I16V

dbineqv

:=DBINARY(

dasciieqv,length

);

DEBUG

NM and CM callable.

Invokes the debug facility from an interactive program and allows object code to be

analyzed. Consult the MPE/iX System Debug Reference Manual (32650-90013) before

attempting to use the debug facility.

DEBUG;

DLSIZE

NM and CM callable.

Causes the area between DL and DB in the compatibility mode (CM) stack to be expanded