ClearPath MCP 21.0
June 2023
8600 0098-519
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Table of Contents
- Program Structure
- Language Components
- Declarations
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- ALPHA Declaration
- ARRAY Declaration
- ARRAY REFERENCE Declaration
- BOOLEAN Declaration
- COMPLEX Declaration
- CONNECTION BLOCK REFERENCE VARIABLE Declaration
- CONNECTION BLOCK TYPE Declaration
- CONNECTION LIBRARY Declaration
- DEFINE Declaration
- DINTEGER Declaration
- DIRECT ARRAY Declaration
- DOUBLE Declaration
- DUMP Declaration
- EPILOG PROCEDURE Declaration
- EVENT and EVENT ARRAY Declarations
- EXCEPTION PROCEDURE Declaration
- EXPORT Declaration
- EXPORTLIBRARY Declaration
- FILE Declaration
- FORMAT Declaration
- FORWARD REFERENCE Declaration
- IMPORTED Declaration
- INTEGER Declaration
- INTERLOCK and INTERLOCK ARRAY Declarations
- INTERRUPT Declaration
- LABEL Declaration
- LIBRARY Declaration
- LIST Declaration
- MONITOR Declaration
- OUTPUTMESSAGE ARRAY Declaration
- PENDING PROCEDURE Declaration
- PENDING PROCEDURE ACTUAL Declaration
- PICTURE Declaration
- POINTER Declaration
- PROCEDURE Declaration
- PROCEDURE REFERENCE Declaration
- PROCEDURE REFERENCE ARRAY Declaration
- PROLOG PROCEDURE Declaration
- REAL Declaration
- SIMPLE VARIABLE Declaration
- STRING Declaration
- STRING ARRAY Declaration
- STRUCTURE BLOCK ARRAY Declaration
- STRUCTURE BLOCK REFERENCE VARIABLE Declaration
- STRUCTURE BLOCK TYPE Declaration
- STRUCTURE BLOCK VARIABLE Declaration
- SWITCH FILE Declaration
- SWITCH FORMAT Declaration
- SWITCH LABEL Declaration
- SWITCH LIST Declaration
- TASK and TASK ARRAY Declarations
- TRANSLATETABLE Declaration
- TRUTHSET Declaration
- VALUE ARRAY Declaration
- Statements
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- ACCEPT Statement
- ASSIGNMENT Statement
- ATTACH Statement
- AWAITOPEN Statement
- CALL Statement
- CANCEL Statement
- CASE Statement
- CAUSE Statement
- CAUSE1 Statement
- CAUSEANDRESET Statement
- CHANGEFILE Statement
- CHECKPOINT Statement
- CLOSE Statement
- CONTINUE Statement
- DEALLOCATE Statement
- DETACH Statement
- DISABLE Statement
- DISPLAY Statement
- DO Statement
- ENABLE Statement
- ERASE Statement
- EVENT Statement
- EXCHANGE Statement
- FILL Statement
- FIX Statement
- FOR Statement
- FREE Statement
- FREEZE Statement
- GO TO Statement
- I/O Statement
- IF Statement
- INTERRUPT Statement
- INVOCATION Statement
- LIBERATE Statement
- LOCK File Statement
- LOCK Interlock Statement
- MERGE Statement
- MESSAGESEARCHER Statement
- MLSACCEPT Statement
- MLSDISPLAY Statement
- MLSTRANSLATE Statement
- MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENT Statement
- ON Statement
- OPEN Statement
- POINTER Statement
- PROCEDURE INVOCATION Statement
- PROCEDURE REFERENCE Statement
- PROCESS Statement
- PROCURE Statement
- PROGRAMDUMP Statement
- READ Statement
- REMOVEFILE Statement
- REPLACE Statement
- REPLACE FAMILY-CHANGE Statement
- REPLACE POINTER-VALUED ATTRIBUTE Statement
- RESET Statement
- RESIZE Statement
- RESPOND Statement
- REWIND Statement
- RUN Statement
- SCAN Statement
- SEEK Statement
- SET Statement
- SETABSTRACTVALUE Statement
- SORT Statement
- SPACE Statement
- SWAP Statement
- THRU Statement
- TRY Statement
- UNLOCK Statement
- WAIT Statement
- WAITANDRESET Statement
- WHEN Statement
- WHILE Statement
- WRITE Statement
- ZIP Statement
- Expressions
- Intrinsic Functions
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- Intrinsic Names by Type Returned
- Intrinsic Function Descriptions
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- ABS Function
- ACCEPT Statement
- ARCCOS Function
- ARCSIN Function
- ARCTAN Function
- ARCTAN2 Function
- ARRAYSEARCH Function
- ATANH Function
- AVAILABLE Function
- BOOLEAN Function
- CABS Function
- CCOS Function
- CEXP Function
- CHANGEFILE Statement
- CHECKPOINT Statement
- CHECKSUM Function
- CLN Function
- CLOSE Statement
- COMPILETIME Function
- COMPLEX Function
- CONJUGATE Function
- COS Function
- COSH Function
- COTAN Function
- CSIN Function
- CSQRT Function
- DABS Function
- DALPHA Function
- DAND Function
- DARCCOS Function
- DARCSIN Function
- DARCTAN Function
- DARCTAN2 Function
- DCOS Function
- DCOSH Function
- DECIMAL Function
- DELINKLIBRARY Function
- DELTA Function
- DEQV Function
- DERF Function
- DERFC Function
- DEXP Function
- DGAMMA Function
- DIMP Function
- DINTEGER Function
- DINTEGERT Function
- DLGAMMA Function
- DLN Function
- DLOG Function
- DMAX Function
- DMIN Function
- DNABS Function
- DNORMALIZE Function
- DNOT Function
- DOR Function
- DOUBLE Function
- DREAL Function
- DROP Function
- DSCALELEFT Function
- DSCALERIGHT Function
- DSCALERIGHTT Function
- DSIN Function
- DSINH Function
- DSQRT Function
- DTAN Function
- DTANH Function
- ENTIER Function
- ERF Function
- ERFC Function
- EXP Function
- FIRST Function
- FIRSTONE Function
- FIRSTWORD Function
- FIX Statement
- FREE Statement
- GAMMA Function
- HAPPENED Function
- HEAD Function
- IMAG Function
- INTEGER Function
- INTEGERT Function
- ISVALID Function
- LENGTH Function
- LINENUMBER Function
- LINKLIBRARY Function
- LISTLOOKUP Function
- LN Function
- LNGAMMA Function
- LOCK Interlock Function
- LOCKSTATUS Function
- LOG Function
- MASKSEARCH Function
- MAX Function
- MESSAGESEARCHER Statement
- MIN Function
- MLSACCEPT Statement
- MLSDISPLAY Statement
- MLSTRANSLATE Statement
- NABS Function
- NORMALIZE Function
- OFFSET Function
- ONES Function
- OPEN Statement
- POINTER Function
- POT Function
- PROCESSID Function
- RANDOM Function
- READ Statement
- READLOCK Function
- READYCL Function
- REAL Function
- REMAININGCHARS Function
- REMOVEFILE Statement
- REPEAT Function
- SCALELEFT Function
- SCALERIGHT Function
- SCALERIGHTF Function
- SCALERIGHTT Function
- SECONDWORD Function
- SEEK Statement
- SETACTUALNAME Function
- SIGN Function
- SIN Function
- SINGLE Function
- SINH Function
- SIZE Function
- SPACE Statement
- SQRT Function
- STRING Function
- TAIL Function
- TAKE Function
- TAN Function
- TANH Function
- THIS Function
- THISCL Function
- TIME Function
- TRANSLATE Function
- UNLOCK Statement
- UNREADYCL Function
- USERDATA Function
- USERDATALOCATOR Function
- USERDATAREBUILD Function
- VALUE Function
- WAIT Statement
- WAITANDRESET Statement
- WRITE Statement
- Compiling Programs
- Compile-Time Facility
- Library Facility
- Internationalization
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- Accessing the Internationalization Features
- Understanding the Components of the MLS Environment
- Summary of CENTRALSUPPORT Library Procedures
- Procedure Descriptions
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- CCSINFO
- CCSTOCCS_TRANS_TABLE
- CCSTOCCS_TRANS_TABLE_ALT
- CCSTOCCS_TRANS_TEXT
- CCSTOCCS_TRANS_TEXT_COMPLEX
- CCSVSN_NAMES_NUMS
- CENTRALSTATUS
- CNV_ADD
- CNV_CONVERTCURRENCY_STAR
- CNV_CONVERTDATE_STAR
- CNV_CONVERTNUMERIC_STAR
- CNV_CONVERTTIME_STAR
- CNV_CURRENCYEDIT_DOUBLE
- CNV_CURRENCYEDITTMP_DOUBLE
- CNV_DELETE
- CNV_DISPLAYMODEL
- CNV_FORMATDATE
- CNV_FORMATDATETMP
- CNV_FORMATTIME
- CNV_FORMATTIMETMP
- CNV_FORMSIZE
- CNV_INFO
- CNV_MODIFY
- CNV_NAMES
- CNV_SYMBOLS
- CNV_SYSTEMDATETIME
- CNV_SYSTEMDATETIMETMP
- CNV_TEMPLATE
- CNV_VALIDATENAME
- COMPARE_TEXT_USING_ORDER_INFO
- CURRENT_MACHINE_ID
- GET_CS_MSG
- INSERT_MACHINE_NAME
- INSERT_PRODUCTLINE_NAME
- INSERT_VENDOR_NAME
- MCP_BOUND_LANGUAGES
- VALIDATE_NAME_RETURN_NUM
- VALIDATE_NUM_RETURN_NAME
- VSNCOMPARE_TEXT
- VSNESCAPEMENT
- VSNGETORDERINGFOR_ONE_TEXT
- VSNINFO
- VSNINSPECT_TEXT
- VSNORDERING_INFO
- VSNTRANSTABLE
- VSNTRANS_TEXT
- VSNTRUTHSET
- Explanation of Error Values
- COBOL85 Compatible Time and Date Procedures
- Run-Time Format-Error Messages
- Reserved Words
- Data Representation
- Understanding Railroad Diagrams
List of Figures
- 1. Translate Table Indexing
- 2. Truth Set Test
- 3. DO-UNTIL Loop
- 4. FOR-DO Loop
- 5. FOR-STEP-UNTIL Loop
- 6. FOR-STEP-WHILE Loop
- 7. FOR-WHILE Loop
- 8. THRU Loop
- 9. WHILE-DO Loop
- 10. Exponentiation: Meaning of Y**Z
- 11. Field Notation, [29:6]
- 12. EBCDIC Characters (8-Bit Fields)
- 13. ASCII Characters (8-Bit Fields)
- 14. Hexadecimal Characters (4-Bit Fields)
- 15. Octal Characters (3-Bit Fields)
- 16. Real Operand
- 17. Integer Operand
- 18. Boolean Operand
- 19. First Word, Dinteger Operand
- 20. Second Word, Dinteger Operand
- 21. First Word, Double-Precision Operand
- 22. Second Word, Double-Precision Operand
List of Tables
- 1. Array Parameters
- 2. Procedure Reference Array Parameters
- 3. Procedure Parameters
- 4. Simple Variable Parameters
- 5. String Parameters
- 6. File Parameters
- 7. Other Types of Parameters
- 8. Mathematical Notation
- 9. Types of Values Resulting from Arithmetic Operations
- 10. Results of Logical Operators
- 11. Arithmetic Intrinsic Functions
- 12. Compiler Input Files
- 13. Compiler Output Files
- 14. Parameter Passing Rules
- 15. Functional Grouping of CENTRALSUPPORT Library Procedures
- 16. Error Results for Internationalization
- 17. CURRENT_DATE Function, Characters 1–21
- 18. CURRENT_DATE Function, Characters 18–19
- 19. CURRENT_DATE Function, Characters 20–21
- 20. Reserved Words List
- 21. Elements of a Railroad Diagram
