Purpose
Stores the address of a variable at a specified location.
The alternate six-character name for DBCHSAD is DBCHSA.
Interface
This routine is called with the following parameters, stylistically presented (the actual syntax varies according to the programming language being used):
DBCHSAD(ReturnCode,Target,Source)
In high-level languages, the details of the parameter list are handled by the compiler. For Assembler, the parameter list consists of contiguous 4 byte entries, each containing the 31 bit address of a parameter. The last address has the first bit set to one to indicate the end of the list.
The parameters for this routine are:
| Argument | Content |
|---|---|
| ReturnCode | A 4 byte unsigned integer field into which the return code will be placed by CLIv2. |
| Target | The area where the source address will be stored. |
| Source | Address to be stored. |
Usage Notes
DBCHSAD is intended for use in COBOL and other languages that do not support pointer manipulation.