Arguments

 

fixed-or-dynamic-input-string

   OpenVMS usage:char_string
   type:         character string
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor, fixed-length or dynamic string

   Input string containing an ASCII text representation of a
   FORTRAN-77 L format that OTS$CVT_TL_L converts to a signed
   integer value. The fixed-or-dynamic-input-string argument is
   the address of a descriptor pointing to the input string.

   Common ASCII text representations of a FORTRAN-77 logical are
   .TRUE., .FALSE., T, t, F, and f. In practice, an OTS$CVT_TL_L
   input string is valid if it adheres to the following syntax:

   <blanks>

       or

   [<blanks>][.]{T t F f}[<characters>]

   One of the letters T, t, F, or f is required. Other elements in
   the preceding syntax are defined as follows:

   Term         Description

   blanks       One or more blanks
   characters   One or more of any character
 

varying-output-value

   OpenVMS usage:varying_arg
   type:         unspecified
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference

   Signed integer that OTS$CVT_TL_L creates when it converts the
   ASCII text string. The varying-output-value argument is the
   address of the signed integer. The value of the output-value-size
   argument determines the size in bytes of the signed integer.

   OTS$CVT_TL_L returns -1 as the contents of the varying-output-
   value argument if the character denoted by "letter" is T or t.
   Otherwise, OTS$CVT_TL_L sets varying-output-value to zero.
 

output-value-size

   OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
   type:         longword (signed)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value

   Number of bytes to be occupied by the signed integer created
   when OTS$CVT_TL_L converts the ASCII text string to an integer
   value. The output-value-size argument contains a value that
   equals the size in bytes of the output value. If output-value-
   size contains a zero or a negative number, OTS$CVT_TL_L returns
   an input conversion error.

   On VAX systems, valid values for the output-value-size argument
   are 1, 2, and 4. The value determines whether the integer value
   that OTS$CVT_TL_L creates is a byte, word, or longword.

   On Alpha and I64 systems, valid values for the output-value-
   size argument are 1, 2, 4, and 8. This value determines whether
   the integer value that OTS$CVT_TL_L creates is a byte, word,
   longword, or quadword.

   For VAX, Alpha, and I64 systems, if you omit the output-value-
   size argument, the default is 4 (longword).