pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

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OVERFLOW routine
description of 15-76/15-77
after assignments 13-3/13-4
atomic operation that can set 15-4
in nested IF statements 13-12/13-13
nonatomic operations that can
set 15-17/15-22
returning its value to calling
procedure 13-16
OVERFLOW_TRAPS
directive 17-49/17-50
OVERFLOW_TRAPS procedure attribute
description of 13-2
in procedure 14-5, 14-8
in subprocedure 14-19, 14-20
P
PAGE directive 17-51
Page heading 17-51
PARAM routine 15-77
PARAM SWAPVOL command B-7
Parameters
See also Arguments
actual
See Actual parameters
extended 14-16
formal
See Formal parameters
of built-in routines 15-2/15-3
optional 15-73/15-76
referencing 14-16
Parentheses
as delimiters 2-4
implied decimal point and 2-4
operator precedence and 5-4
Partial file names
description of B-3/B-4
ASSIGN SSV command and B-9
PASCAL procedure attribute 14-5
PC-to-NonStop host transfer tools 18-7
Period (.)
in bit-deposit assignment
statement 12-9
in formal parameters 14-10, 14-13
in pointers
procedure 14-28
simple 10-12
structure 10-16
in structure item identifiers 2-4
in structures
equivalenced definition 11-24
referral 9-38
PIC
See Position-independent code (PIC)
PLATFORM parameter
description of 9-7
compared to AUTO parameter 9-8
FIELDALIGN clause and 9-5/9-6
Plus sign (+)
as addition operator
See Addition operator
as unary operator
in arithmetic expression 5-5
operand types for 5-6
precedence of 5-3
POINT routine 15-78
Pointers
description of 1-6
address types stored in 10-5/10-11
allocation of 10-1
assignment statements with 12-6
declaring
overview 10-2/10-4
procedure
See Procedure pointers,
declaring
simple
See Simple pointers, declaring