Re: API parameter lengths

["Steve Richter" <srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>If some API expects a 30-byte first parameter, do the following three calls
>from the command line produce the same results?  If not, where does the API
>insert a null terminal?
>
>/* no quotes */
>CALL  SOMEAPI  PARM(XYZ)
>
>/* 3 bytes in quotes */
>CALL  SOMEAPI  PARM('XYZ')
>
>/* 30 bytes in quotes */
>CALL SOMEAPI  PARM('XYZ                           ')

Qcmd maps numeric literal arguments into a 15,5 packed fld.
( not sure what happens if the numeric has more than 10 whole digits )
Character  literals look to be mapped into a fld that is a min of 32 in lgth
and a multiple of 16 after that.  The literal is then copied into this
"pass" fld and padded with blanks.
No hex 00 null terminator at all.

-Steve


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