Document revision date: 30 March 2001

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Part 1
Part 1	STR$ Tutorial Section
Chapter 1
1	Run-Time Library String Manipulation (STR$) Facility
1.1	Overview
1.1.1	64-Bit Addressing Support (Alpha Only)
Chapter 2
2	Introduction to String Manipulation (STR$) Routines
2.1	String Semantics in the Run-Time Library
2.1.1	Fixed-Length Strings
2.1.2	Varying-Length Strings
2.1.3	Dynamic-Length Strings
2.1.4	Examples
2.2	Descriptor Classes and String Semantics
2.2.1	Conventions for Reading Input String Arguments
2.2.2	Semantics for Writing Output String Arguments
2.3	Selecting String Manipulation Routines
2.3.1	Efficiency
2.3.2	Argument Passing
2.3.3	Error Handling
2.4	Allocating Resources for Dynamic Strings
2.4.1	String Zone
Part 2
Part 2	STR$ Reference Section
Command 1	STR$ADD
Command 2	STR$ANALYZE_SDESC
Command 3	STR$ANALYZE_SDESC_64 (Alpha only)
Command 4	STR$APPEND
Command 5	STR$CASE_BLIND_COMPARE
Command 6	STR$COMPARE
Command 7	STR$COMPARE_EQL
Command 8	STR$COMPARE_MULTI
Command 9	STR$CONCAT
Command 10	STR$COPY_DX
Command 11	STR$COPY_R
Command 12	STR$COPY_R_64 (Alpha Only)
Command 13	STR$DIVIDE
Command 14	STR$DUPL_CHAR
Command 15	STR$ELEMENT
Command 16	STR$FIND_FIRST_IN_SET
Command 17	STR$FIND_FIRST_NOT_IN_SET
Command 18	STR$FIND_FIRST_SUBSTRING
Command 19	STR$FREE1_DX
Command 20	STR$GET1_DX
Command 21	STR$GET1_DX_64 (Alpha Only)
Command 22	STR$LEFT
Command 23	STR$LEN_EXTR
Command 24	STR$MATCH_WILD
Command 25	STR$MUL
Command 26	STR$POSITION
Command 27	STR$POS_EXTR
Command 28	STR$PREFIX
Command 29	STR$RECIP
Command 30	STR$REPLACE
Command 31	STR$RIGHT
Command 32	STR$ROUND
Command 33	STR$TRANSLATE
Command 34	STR$TRIM
Command 35	STR$UPCASE
Index
Index
Tables
1-1	STR$ Mathematical Operation Routines
1-2	STR$ Compare Routines
1-3	STR$ Extract and Replace Routines
1-4	STR$ Append and Concatenate Routines
1-5	STR$ Copy Routines
1-6	STR$ Search Routines
1-7	STR$ Allocate and Deallocate Routines
1-8	STR$ Miscellaneous Routines
2-1	String Passing Techniques Used by the Run-Time Library
2-2	How Run-Time Library Routines Read Strings
2-3	Output String Semantics and Descriptor Classes
2-4	Severe Errors, by Facility
2-5	String Zone Attributes

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