pTAL Conversion Guide

TAL Standard Routines

pTAL Conversion Guide—527302-002

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$COMP

$COMP is a TAL routine for which pTAL has a built-in routine with the same name but

slightly different behavior.

$COMP returns the one’s complement of its argument.

expression

is an expression whose value is:

The data type of the expression returned by $COMP is the same as the data type of its

argument.

$DBL

$DBL is a TAL routine for which pTAL has a built-in routine with the same name but

slightly different behavior.

$DBL converts its argument to an INT(32) value.

TAL pTAL

An INT value An INT or INT(32) value

Example 17-4. $COMP Routine

INT i;

INT(32) j;

i := $COMP(i); ! OK in TAL and pTAL

j := $COMP(j); ! OK only in pTAL

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$COMP int-expression

expression( )

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$DBL