Arguments

 

symbol

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         character string
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor

   Name of the symbol for which LIB$GET_SYMBOL searches. The symbol
   argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the name
   of the symbol. LIB$GET_SYMBOL converts the symbol name to
   uppercase and removes trailing blanks before the search. The
   symbol argument must begin with a letter, a digit, a dollar sign
   ($),  a hyphen (-), or an underscore (_).  The maximum length of
   symbol is 255 characters.
 

resultant-string

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         character string
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by descriptor

   Value of the returned symbol. The resultant-string argument is
   the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string into
   which LIB$GET_SYMBOL writes the value of the symbol.
 

resultant-length

   OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned
   type:         word (unsigned)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference

   Length of the symbol value returned by LIB$GET_SYMBOL. The
   resultant-length argument is the address of an unsigned word
   integer into which LIB$GET_SYMBOL writes the length.
 

table-type-indicator

   OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
   type:         longword integer (signed)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference

   Indicator of which table contained the symbol. The table-type-
   indicator argument is the address of a signed longword integer
   into which LIB$GET_SYMBOL writes the table indicator.

   Possible values of the table indicator are listed below.

   Symbolic Name       Value Table

   LIB$K_CLI_LOCAL_    1     Local symbol table
   SYM
   LIB$K_CLI_GLOBAL_   2     Global symbol table
   SYM

   LIB$K_CLI_LOCAL_SYM and LIB$K_CLI_GLOBAL_SYM are defined in
   symbol libraries supplied by VSI (macro or module name $LIBCLIDEF)
   and as global symbols.