Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

packed-limit
input
INT:value
specifies the length in bytes of the string variable packed-line.
packed-length
output
INT .EXT:ref:1
returns the actual length in bytes of the value returned in packed-line. If packed-line is
not large enough to contain the value that is the output of the conversion, packed-length
returns a value of -1.
full-length
input
INT:value
if present and not equal to 0, specifies that all trailing space characters (if any) in the line being
processed are to be retained in the output line image. Otherwise, trailing space characters
are discarded.
Considerations
• If a line contains few sequences of blank characters, it might require more bytes in packed
format than in unpacked format. To provide for this, specify a value for packed-limit that
is at least 8% greater than unpacked-length.
Related Programming Manual
For programming information about the PACKEDIT procedure, and for a description of the EDIT
packed line format, see the Guardian Programmer's Guide.
PACKEDIT Procedure 933