cs_id OpenVMS usage:identifier type: longword integer (unsigned) access: modify mechanism: by reference Address of a longword that NCS uses to store a nonzero value identifying a collating sequence. The calling program must ensure that the longword identifier contains 0 before invoking the NCS$GET_CS routine. All subsequent calls to the NCS$COMPARE routine and the call to the NCS$END_CS routine that terminates the use of the collating sequence must pass this longword identifier. Upon completion of the comparisons, the NCS$END_CS routine releases the memory used to store the collating sequence and sets the value of the longword identifier to 0. The collating sequence identifier enhances modular programming and permits concurrent use of multiple collating sequences within a program. The calling program should not attempt to interpret the contents of the longword identifier. The cs_id argument is required. csname OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Name of the collating sequence being retrieved. librar OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor File specification of the library where the collating sequence is stored.