radix-point-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: write only mechanism: by descriptor Radix point string. The radix-point-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to this radix point string. resultant-length OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned type: word (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by reference The number of characters written into radix-point-string, not counting padding in the case of a fixed-length string. The resultant-length argument is the address of an unsigned word that contains this number. If the radix-point-string argument is the address of a fixed- length string descriptor, there may not be enough characters in the fixed-length string to contain the whole radix point string, and the radix point string is truncated. If the radix point string is truncated to the size specified in a fixed- length string descriptor, resultant-length is set to this size. Therefore, resultant-length can always be used by the calling program to access a valid substring of radix-point-string.