Arguments

 

first-source-string

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

   First string in the comparison. The first-source-string argument
   is the address of a descriptor pointing to the first string.
 

second-source-string

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

   Second string in the comparison. The second-source-string
   argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the second
   string.
 

flags-value

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

   A single flag bit. The flags-value argument is a signed longword
   integer that contains this flag bit. The flags-value argument
   indicates whether the comparison is to be case sensitive or case
   blind. The default value of flags-value is 0, indicating a case
   sensitive comparison. The following table lists the meaning of
   the bit values:

   Value Meaning

   0     Uppercase and lowercase characters are not equivalent. (The
         comparison is case sensitive.)
   1     Uppercase and lowercase characters are equivalent. (The
         comparison is case blind.)
 

foreign-language

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

   Indicator that determines the foreign language table to be
   used. The foreign-language argument is an unsigned longword that
   contains this foreign language table indicator. The default value
   of foreign-language is 1. The following table lists the value
   of the foreign-language argument associated with each language
   table:

   Value Language

   1     Multinational table
   2     Danish table
   3     Finnish/Swedish table
   4     German table
   5     Norwegian table
   6     Spanish table