PIC X(1)

Receives "Y" if the argument named by argumentName is successfully identified. Receives "N" otherwise.

PIC X(n)

Specifies the name of the Linkage Section data item named in the Procedure Division header USING list.

 

If a calling program passes a called program two or more arguments that begin at the same location (either through redefinition, with reference modification, or because one is a group that contains the other), when the called program asks C$CARG for the parameter descriptions, it always receives that of the first actual argument passed that has the same location, regardless of the name specified in argument-name. In these cases, the C$DARG library routine may be used to obtain the distinct descriptions.

Group item

Receives the information about the data item.

 

Returns a number indicating the type of the argument data item.

 

Returns the BYTE-LENGTH of the argument data item.

 

Returns the number of digits defined in the PICTURE character-string for an argument that is a numeric or numeric edited data item as indicated by the argumentType field value; otherwise, the value zero is returned for nonnumeric data items. The digit count for a numeric or numeric edited data item does not include any positions defined by the PICTURE symbol P, which represents a scaling position.

 

Returns the position of the implied or actual decimal point for an argument that is a numeric or numeric edited data item as indicated by the argumentType field value; otherwise, the value zero is returned for nonnumeric data items. If the PICTURE symbol P was used in the description of the data item, the absolute value of the argumentScale value will exceed the argumentDigitCount value; in this case, a positive scale value indicates an integer with P scaling positions on the right of the PICTURE character-string and a negative scale value indicates a fraction with P scaling positions on the left of the PICTURE character-string.