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 the string representation of an unsigned
   octal value that OTS$CVT_TO_L converts to an unsigned integer.
   The fixed-or-dynamic-input-string argument is the address of
   a descriptor pointing to the input string. The valid input
   characters are blanks and the digits 0 through 7. No sign is
   permitted.
 

varying-output-value

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

   Unsigned integer of specified size that OTS$CVT_TO_L creates
   when it converts the ASCII text string. The varying-output-value
   argument is the address of the unsigned integer. The value of the
   output-value-size argument determines the size in bytes of the
   output value.
 

output-value-size

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

   Arbitrary number of bytes to be occupied by the unsigned integer
   output value. The output-value-size argument contains a value
   that equals the size in bytes of the output value. If the value
   of output-value-size is zero or a negative number, OTS$CVT_TO_L
   returns an input conversion error. If you omit the output-value-
   size argument, the default is 4 (longword).
 

flags-value

   OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value

   User-supplied flag that OTS$CVT_TO_L uses to determine how
   to interpret blanks within the input string. The flags-value
   argument contains the user-supplied flag described in the
   following table:

   Bit  Action if Set    Action if Clear

   0    Ignore all       Interpret blanks as zeros.
        blanks.

   If you omit the flags-value argument, OTS$CVT_TO_L defaults the
   flag to clear.