Rational Developer for System z
Enterprise PL/I for z/OS, Version 3.8, Language Reference Manual

STRING pseudovariable

The STRING pseudovariable assigns a string to x as if x were a string scalar. Any remaining strings in x are filled with blanks or zero bits, or, if varying-length, are given zero length.

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Aggregate or element reference. Each base element of x must be either all bit-string or all character-string.

The STRING pseudovariable must not be used out of context.

The pseudovariable is also subject to the restrictions of the STRING built-in function. For more information on the restrictions, refer to ***.


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