OpenVMS RTL String Manipulation (STR$) Manual

Document revision date: 30 March 2001

OpenVMS RTL String Manipulation (STR$) Manual

Contents (summary)
Preface	Preface
Part 1	STR$ Tutorial Section
Chapter 1	Run-Time Library String Manipulation (STR$) Facility
Chapter 2	Introduction to String Manipulation (STR$) Routines
Part 2	STR$ Reference Section
	Index
	Tables

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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