Arguments

 

fixed-or-dynamic-input-string

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

   Input string containing an ASCII text string representation of an
   unsigned decimal value that OTS$CVT_TU_L converts to an unsigned
   integer value. The fixed-or-dynamic-input-string argument is the
   address of a descriptor pointing to the input string. Valid input
   characters are the space and the digits 0 through 9. No sign is
   permitted.
 

varying-output-value

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

   Unsigned integer that OTS$CVT_TU_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 of varying-output-value.
 

output-value-size

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

   Number of bytes occupied by the value created when OTS$CVT_
   TU_L converts the input string. The output-value-size argument
   contains the number of bytes in varying-output-value.

   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_TU_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. The value determines whether
   the integer value that OTS$CVT_TU_L creates is a byte, word,
   longword, or quadword.

   For VAX, Alpha, and I64 systems, if you specify a 0 (zero) or
   omit the output-value-size argument, the size of the output
   value defaults to 4 (longword). If you specify any other value,
   OTS$CVT_TU_L returns an input conversion error.
 

flags-value

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

   User-supplied flags that OTS$CVT_TU_L uses to determine how
   blanks and tabs are interpreted. The flags-value argument
   contains the user-supplied flags as described in the following
   table:

   Bit  Action if Set    Action if Clear

   0    Ignore all       Ignore leading blanks but interpret blanks
        blanks.          after the first legal character as zeros.
   4    Ignore tabs.     Interpret tabs as invalid characters.

   If you omit the flags-value argument, OTS$CVT_TU_L defaults all
   flags to clear.