The Extract a Substring of a String routine copies a substring of a source string into a destination string. Format STR$POS_EXTR destination-string ,source-string ,start-position ,end-position
1 – Corresponding JSB Entry Point
STR$POS_EXTR_R8
2 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by value
3 – Arguments
destination-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: write only mechanism: by descriptor Destination string into which STR$POS_EXTR copies the substring. The destination-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the destination string. source-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Source string from which STR$POS_EXTR extracts the substring that it copies into the destination string. The source-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the source string. start-position OpenVMS usage:longword_signed type: longword (signed) access: read only mechanism: by reference for CALL entry point, by value for JSB entry point Relative position in the source string at which STR$POS_EXTR begins copying the substring. The start-position argument is the address of a signed longword containing the starting position. end-position OpenVMS usage:longword_signed type: longword (signed) access: read only mechanism: by reference for CALL entry point, by value for JSB entry point Relative position in the source string at which STR$POS_EXTR stops copying the substring. The end-position argument is the address of a signed longword containing the ending position.