Overview

Function	Brief description
ACCOUNT( )	Returns the account number of the task
ARRAY-INDEX( )	Returns the value of an array index
BOOLEAN( )	Converts an expression to a Boolean value
CHARACTER-TO-INTEGER( )	Converts a character in EBCDI code to an integer
CHECK-DATA-TYPE( )	Checks the SDF data type in strings or operand values
COUNTER( )	Counts the number of times COUNTER() is called
CURRENT-TYPE( )	Returns the current data type of a simple variable
DATE( )	Returns the current date
DATE-VALUE( )	Outputs a specific date
DAY( )	Returns the name of the current day
ELAPSED-DAYS( )	Returns the number of days that exist between two given dates
EXPLICIT-CALL( )	Indicates the type of the procedure call
EXTEND-SDF-LIST( )	Adds an element to an SDF list
EXTRACT-FIELD( )	Removes a field from an input string
FILL( )	Expands a string using fill characters
FIRST-VARIABLE-NAME( )	Analyzes the structure of complex variables
FROM-C-LITERAL( )	Converts a C literal to the corresponding string value
FROM-X-LITERAL( )	Converts an X literal to its hexadecimal value
HASH-STRING( )	Encrypts an expression as a string
HASH-VALUE( )	Encrypts an expression as an integer value
HOME-CAT-ID( )	Returns the catalog ID of the home pubset
HOST( )	Returns the internal name of the system on which the procedure is running
INDEX( )	Returns the position of a search string within a full string
INSTALLATION-PATH( )	Outputs an installation path name of a file
INTEGER( )	Converts any expression to the data type INTEGER
INTEGER-TO-CHARACTER( )	Converts an integer to a character (C string)
INTEGER-TO-X-LITERAL( )	Converts an integer to a 4-byte long X literal which contains the coding of the integer (inverse function to X-LITERAL-TO- INTEGER)
IS-C-LITERAL( )	Checks whether the specified string is a C literal and can be converted to a string
IS-CATALOGED-FILE( )	Checks whether there is a catalog entry with the specified file name
IS-CATALOGED-JV( )	Checks whether there is a catalog entry with the specified job variable name
IS-DECLARED( )	Checks whether the specified simple or complex variable has already been declared
IS-EMPTY-FILE( )	Checks whether a file is empty when the value 0 is returned by HIGHEST-USED-PAGES( )
IS-INITIALIZED( )	Checks whether the specified variable is initialized
IS-INTEGER( )	Checks whether the specified string represents an integer value
IS-LIBRARY( )	Checks whether the specified file is cataloged as a PLAM library
IS-LIBRARY-ELEMENT( )	Checks whether or not the specified library element exists
IS-SDF-LIST( )	Analyzes whether a string is an SDF list and/or meets a criterion for an SDF list
IS-SDF-P( )	Checks whether SDF-P is loaded in the system
IS-SDF-STRUCTURE( )	Checks whether the specified string is an SDF structure
IS-VARIABLE-NAME( )	Checks whether the specified string is a syntactically correct variable name
IS-X-LITERAL( )	Checks whether the specified expression contains an X literal and can be converted using FROM-X-LITERAL( )
JOB-CLASS( )	Returns the job class of the current task
JOB-MONJV( )	Returns the name of the variable monitoring the job
JOB-NAME( )	Returns the job name of the current task
JV( )	Returns the contents of the specified job variable
LAYOUT-SCOPE( )	Returns the scope of the specified structure layout
LENGTH( )	Returns the length of the specified string
LIMIT( )	Indicates the maximum number of elements that the specified list variable can contain
LOGGING-MODE( )	Indicates whether the logging of commands or data has been enabled for the procedure call
LOWER-CASE( )	Converts all uppercase letters in the specified string to lowercase
MAINCODE( )	Returns the 7-byte error code contained in the return code
MONTH( )	Returns the name of the current month in the language specified
MSG( )	Returns the message text assigned to the specified message code
NEXT-VARIABLE-NAME( )	Analyzes the structure of complex variables
PROC-LEVEL( )	Returns the current nesting depth of the S procedure
PROCESSOR( )	Returns the processor name of the TIAM station
PROG-MONJV( )	Returns the name of the job variable monitoring the program
PROG-NAME( )	Returns the internal name (reduced to eight characters) of the program currently loaded
RENAME( )	Returns a new name
REPLACE( )	Replaces a substring with another string
RUN-PRIORITY( )	Returns the priority level of the current job
SDF-P-VERSION( )	Returns the name of the current version of SDF-P or SDF-P-BASYS
SDF-STRUCTURE-VALUE( )	Returns part or all of the contents of an SDF structure
SEARCH-LIST-INDEX( )	Searches for a string in a list
SESSION-NUMBER( )	Returns the session number of the system currently running
SIZE( )	Returns the number of elements contained in the complex variable specified
STATION( )	Returns the name of the TIAM station from which the procedure was started
STATION-TYPE( )	Returns the device type generated for the TIAM station from which the procedure was called
STD-CAT-ID( )	Returns the ID of the pubset which was assigned to the current user ID as the default pubset
STMT-SPINOFF( )	Indicates whether statement spin-off has been enabled for the program currently loaded
STRING( )	Converts an expression of the type INTEGER, BOOLEAN or STRING to the type STRING
SUBCODE1( )	Returns subcode1 (error class) of the current command return code
SUBCODE2( )	Returns subcode2 (additional information) of the current command return code
SUBLIST( )	Returns the contents of a given element in an SDF list
SUBLIST-NUMBER( )	Returns the number of elements contained in an SDF list
SUBSTRING( )	Extracts a substring from the specified string
SYSCMD( )	Returns the name of the file assigned to the system file SYSCMD
SYSDTA( )	Returns the name of the file assigned to the system file SYSDTA
SYS-ID( )	Returns the system ID
SYSLST( )	Returns the name of the file assigned to the system file SYSLST
SYSOUT( )	Returns the name of the file assigned to the system file SYSOUT
SYSTEM-CALL( )	Returns information on the syntax file containing the implemented command
SYSTEM-INFORMATION( )	Returns information on system parameters and class 2 options
TASK-MODE( )	Returns the operating mode of the current task
TIME( )	Returns the current time of day
TO-C-LITERAL( )	Converts the specified string to a C literal
TO-X-LITERAL( )	Converts the hexadecimal value of a string to its external representation
TRANSLATE( )	Allocates freely selectable results to freely selectable input values
TRANSLATE-BOOLEAN( )	Checks whether an expression is true or false
TRIM( )	Returns the TSN (job number) of the current task
TSN( )	Converts all lowercase letters in the specified string to uppercase
UPPER-CASE( )	Returns the user ID for the current task
USER-IDENTIFICATION( )	Returns the status of the specified user switch
USER-SWITCH( )	Returns the value of the specified variable attribute
VARIABLE-ATTRIBUTE( )	Converts an S variable of the type STRUCTURE to a string
VARIABLE-TO-STRING( )	Compares two strings, returning the position of the first character in string (STRING) that does not exist in search string (PATTERN)
VERIFY( )	Compares a string with a particular pattern
WILDCARD( )	Returns the operating mode of the current task
X-LITERAL-TO-INTEGER( )	Converts a string which is up to 4 bytes long to an integer (inverse function to INTEGER-TO-X-LITERAL)