TAL Reference Manual

TAL Syntax Summary (Railroad Diagrams)

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$ALPHA Function

The $ALPHA function tests the right byte of an INT value for the presence of an

alphabetic character.

$AXADR Function

See Section 15, Privileged Procedures

$BITLENGTH Function

The $BITLENGTH function returns the length, in bits, of a variable.

$BITOFFSET Function

The $BITOFFSET function returns the number of bits from the address of the zeroth

structure occurrence to a structure data item.

$BOUNDS Function

See Section 15, Privileged Procedures

$CARRY Function

The $CARRY function checks the state of the carry bit in the environment register and

indicates whether a carry out of the high-order bit position occurred.

$ALPHA ( int - expression )

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$BITLENGTH

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$BITOFFSET ( variable )

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$CARRY

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