SYSCALLS/VFMT - variable format package calls 1985/04/30
Include files:
Fortran: /sys/ins/vfmt.ins.ftn
Pascal: /sys/ins/vfmt.ins.pas
Procedures and Functions:
return-value = VFMT_$DECODE{2|5|10} (control-string, text-buffer, size,
count, status, a1, a2, ... a10)
Decodes data from a text buffer and writes the decoded data into
program variables.
VFMT_$ENCODE{2|5|10} (control-string, text-buffer, capacity, size,
a1, a2 , ... a10)
Encodes and writes data into a text buffer.
VFMT_$READ{2|5|10} (control-string, count, status, a1, a2, ... a10)
Reads character data from standard input and decodes them into
variables.
VFMT_$RS{2|5|10} (stream-id, control-string, count, status, a1,
a2, ...a10)
Reads character data from a stream and decodes them into variables.
VFMT_$WRITE{2|5|10} (control-string, a1, a2 , ... a10)
Encodes data and writes them to standard output.
VFMT_$WS{2|5|10} (stream-id, control-string, a1, a2 , ... a10)
Encodes data and writes them to a stream.
Summary of Format Directives
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Data-Related
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% [fw] [M length] [E] [Z] [K] [U|L] A encode/decode ASCII
% [fw|fw.dr] [E] [Z] [J] [S|P] [W|L] F encode/decode floating point
% [fw|fw.dr] [Z] [J] [S|P] [W|L] E encode scientific floating
% [fw] [E] [Z] [J] [U|S|P] [W|L] O encode/decode integer octal
% [fw] [E] [Z] [J] [U|S|P] [W|L] D encode/decode integer decimal
% [fw] [E] [Z] [J] [U|S|P] [W|L] H encode/decode integer hex
Control String-Related
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%"..." declare characters to be used as field
delimiters
%$ end control string
%. end control string, inserting new line
character
%n( begin repeat range
%) end repeat range
Format-Related
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%% output a single %
%/ insert new line character
%nT tab to certain column for read or write
%nX insert blank