Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL

Procedure Calls Summary (D-F)
Guardian Programming Reference Summary for pTAL and TAL—522631-001
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FORMATDATA[X]
Converts data-item values between internal and external representations.
iformat, output
STRING:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERT)
STRING .EXT:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERTX)
iformatlen, INT:value input
eformat, input
STRING:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERT)
STRING .EXT:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERTX)
eformatlen, INT:value input
scales, output
INT:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERT)
INT .EXT:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERTX)
scale-count, input,
output
INT:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERT)
INT .EXT:ref:* (Use with FORMATCONVERTX)
conversion, INT:value input
0 Check the validity of the format only.
1 Produce an expanded form that has modifiers and decorations.
2 Produce a compact conversion, but ignore modifiers and decorations.
error := FORMATDATA[X] ( buffer
,bufferlen
,buffer-occurs
,length
,iformat
,variable-list
,variable-list-len
,flags );
error, INT:value returned value