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Compiler Library/XL Reference Manual 900 Series HP 3000 Computers HP Part No. 32650-90029 Printed in U.S.A. Printed Oct 1988 Edition Second Edition E1088
________________________________________________________________________ |The information contained in this document is subject to change | |without notice. | | | |HEWLETT-PACKARD MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS | |MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF | |MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Hewlett-Packard | |shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or | |consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, | |or use of this material. | | | |Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability | |of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard.| | | |This document contains proprietary information which is protected by | |copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be | |photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the| |prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Comp any. | ________________________________________________________________________ Copyright Æ 1987, 1988 by Hewlett-Packard Company Print History New editions are complete revisions of the manual. Update packages, which are issued between editions, contain additional and replacement pages to be merged into the manual by the customer. The dates on the title page change only when a new edition or a new update is published. No information is incorporated into a reprinting unless it appears as a prior update; the edition does not change when an update is incorporated. Many product updates and fixes do not require manual changes and, conversely, manual corrections may be done without accompanying product changes. Therefore, do not expect a one to one correspondence between product updates and manual updates. First Edition...........November 1987........31510A.00.00 Second Edition............October 1988........31510A.00.01 Preface The Compiler Library/XL Reference Manual is the reference to mathematical and utility functions and procedures available on the MPE XL operating system. This manual assumes the user has a working knowledge of the language or languages to be used and of the MPE XL operating system. This manual contains the following: Chapter 1 describes the fomat of the function and procedures descriptions, describes conventions, compares data types, shows the internal representation of the data types, and summarizes the functions and procedures in a series of tables. Chapter 2 describes the mathematical functions and procedures in alphabetical order. Chapter 3 describes the utility procedures in alphabetical order. Chapter 4 discusses the packed-decimal procedures in alphabetical order. Appendix A describes the error routine and lists the library error messages, possible causes for the errors, and a user action. Additional Documentation More information on the languages and operating system can be found in the following manuals: * HP FORTRAN 77/XL Reference Manual (31501-90010) * HP COBOL II Reference Manual (31500-90001) * HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual Supplement (31500-90005) * HP Pascal Reference Manual (31502-90001) * Trap Handling Programmers' Guide (32650-90026) Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: 1. All numbers are decimal values unless otherwise noted. 2. A dollar sign ($) prefix indicates a hexadecimal numer (Chapter 4 only). 3. In all examples, a blank space is represented by a Å. 4. Mathematical notation in the test includes the following definitions: A value x in the range (a,b) means a<x<b A value x in the range [a,b] means a<=x<=b A value x in the range (a,b] means a<x<=b A value x in the range [a,b) means a<b