sub-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Substring to be found. The sub-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to this substring. source-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Source string to be searched by LIB$MATCHC. The source-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to this source string.