On 2022-03-28 20:26, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Yes, I meant VARYINGZ. Zero termination, no interpolation, the normal
doubling in literals.
Block entry *is* run time.
I know. That's why I wrote "explicitly determined at run time".
I was referring to ALLOCATE.
Also, exempli gratia (e.g.) means for
example; had that been a complete list I would have written id est
(i.e.).
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There are no troublesome characters. If it's CHARZ
There's no such attribute. Do you mean VARYINGZ?
then a '00'X marks the end of the string, as in C. Otherwise there is
an explicit length
that is the same regardless of what characters are in the string. The
length may
be determined at, e.g. compile time, block entry, or may be dynamic
(VARYING).
And it can be explicitly determined at run time.
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