Descriptions for all of the call-by-name routines appear alphabetically. Each description contains the routine name and function and the following entries (as appropriate):
Shows the CALL statement you could use to call the routine.
The optional RETURNING clause is also shown. Every routine returns a value showing the result of the operation. Unless otherwise indicated, zero indicates success, nonzero indicates failure. This value is left in the data item specified in the RETURNING clause, in this reference, status-code. If this clause is omitted, the value is left in the special register RETURN-CODE. (If call-convention bit two is set, RETURN-CODE is not changed.)
status-code must be a numeric data item capable of holding positive values from 0 to 65535; for example, PIC X(2) COMP-5.
The name of the routine must be coded in upper case.
Describes any parameters shown in the RETURNING and USING clause. A parameter enclosed in brackets, for example, [parameter1] is optional and might not be needed for all forms of the routine.
If you want your parameters to be validated when your program is compiled, use the call prototye definition. (We recommend that you use the call prototype method.) Otherwise, use the PICTURE clause.
We provide the files cbltypes.cpy, which contains all types required by the system library routines, and cblproto.cpy, which contains all prototypes of the types used by the system library routines.
Indicates which of the parameters shown are passed on entry
Indicates which of the parameters shown are returned on exit
Where bits of one or more bytes are referenced, bit 0 is the least significant (rightmost) bit.
Provides any additional information necessary for the successful use of the routine