TAL Reference Manual

Standard Functions
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Built-in Functions
$COUNTDUPS Returns the number of duplicate words at the
beginning of an extended memory buffer
$EXCHANGE Exchanges the contents of two variables
$FIXEDTOASCII Converts a 64-bit integer to ASCII digits
$FIXEDTOASCIIRESIDUE Converts a 64-bit integer to ASCII digits and stores the
residue
$MOVEANDCXSUMBYTES Moves and accumulates an eight-bit checksum on
bytes in extended memory
$MOVENONDUP Moves extended memory words until it encounters two
adjacent identical words
$CHECKSUM Computes the checksum of data in extended memory
$EXTADDR Converts its argument to an EXTADDR address
$PROCADDR Converts an INT(32) expression to a PROCADDR
address
Table 14-4. pTAL built-ins (page 3 of 3)
Built - in Description