Increments (or decrements) a pointer value by an integer value.
POINTERADD(x,y)
Abbreviation(s): PTRADD for POINTERADD.
x is a pointer expression. y is a fixed binary(31) value or a value that can be converted to a fixed binary(31) value.
DECLARE A CHAR(10) BASED INIT('0123456789');
DECLARE B CHAR(3);
DECLARE P POINTER;
ALLOCATE A SET(P);
B = POINTERADD(P,3)->A; /* This yields B = '345'. */
None.
Description
The POINTERADD function returns a pointer value that is the pointer value x incremented by y bytes (or decremented by y bytes if y is negative).