TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables
HP NonStop TACL Reference Manual—429513-018
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Summary of Built-In Functions
#ERRORTEXT Built-In Function Used with exception handlers to catch error text
#EXCEPTION Built-In Function
Determines why a routine was invoked during exception
handling
#EXTRACT Built-In Function
Deletes first line of a variable level
#EXTRACTV Built-In Function
Moves first line of a variable level to another variable
#FILEGETLOCKINFO Built-In
FunctionO
Obtains information about record locks and file locks
#FILEINFO Built-In Function
Gets information about a file
#FILENAMES Built-In Function
Lists file names
#FILTER Built-In Function
Indicates which exceptions a routine can handle
#FRAME Built-In Function
Tracks pushed variables
#GETCONFIGURATION Built-In
Function
Obtains settings of flags that affect TACL behavior
#GETPROCESSSTATE Built-In
Function
Obtains process state information about the current
TACL process
#GETSCAN Built-In Function
Obtains number of characters passed over by
#ARGUMENT
#HISTORY Built-In Function
Operates on commands in history buffer
#IF Built-In Function
Executes one of two options
#INITTERM Built-In Function
Resets your home terminal to its configured settings
#INLINEEOF Built-In Function
Sends end-of-file to process running under control of
INLINE facility
#INPUT Built-In Function
Reads information from TACL primary input file
#INPUTV Built-In Function
Reads information from TACL primary input file into a
variable level
#INTERACTIVE Built-In Function
Determines whether your TACL is interactive
#INTERPRETJULIANDAYNO
Built-In Function
Converts Julian day number to year, month, and day
#INTERPRETTIMESTAMP Built-
In Function
Breaks down four-word timestamp to its component
parts
#INTERPRETTRANSID Built-In
Function
Converts numeric transaction ID to its separate
component values
#JULIANTIMESTAMP Built-In
Function
Obtains four-word timestamp
#KEEP Built-In Function
Removes all but specified level of a variable
#KEYS Built-In Function
Displays defined function keys
#LINEADDR Built-In Function
Converts character address to line address
Table 9-1. Built-In Functions (page 4 of 8)
Function Description