CRE Programmer's Guide

Data Type Correspondence
Common Run-Time Environment (CRE) Programmer’s Guide—528146-004
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Table A-4. Character Types
Language Character Character String
Varying Length
Character String
BASIC STRING STRING --
C signed char
unsigned char
pointer to char struct {
int len;
char val [n]
};
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Numeric DISPLAY
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Alphanumeric
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01 name.
03 len USAGE IS
NATIVE-2
1
03 val PIC X(n).
FORTRAN CHARACTER CHARACTER array
CHARACTER*n
--
SQL PIC X
CHAR
CHAR(n)
PIC X(n)
VARCHAR(n)
TAL
pTAL
STRING STRING array --
Return
Value Size
(Words)
1 1 or 2, depends on
declared pointer
size
1 or 2, depends on
declared pointer
size
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