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.