Arguments

 

radix-point-string

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

   Radix point string. The radix-point-string argument is the
   address of a descriptor pointing to this radix point string.
 

resultant-length

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

   The number of characters written into radix-point-string, not
   counting padding in the case of a fixed-length string. The
   resultant-length argument is the address of an unsigned word
   that contains this number.

   If the radix-point-string argument is the address of a fixed-
   length string descriptor, there may not be enough characters
   in the fixed-length string to contain the whole radix point
   string, and the radix point string is truncated. If the radix
   point string is truncated to the size specified in a fixed-
   length string descriptor, resultant-length is set to this size.
   Therefore, resultant-length can always be used by the calling
   program to access a valid substring of radix-point-string.