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

OFFSET

OFFSET returns an offset value derived from a pointer reference x and relative to an area y. If x is the null pointer value, the null offset value is returned.

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x
Pointer reference. It must identify a generation of a based variable within the area y, or be the null pointer value.
y
Area reference.

If x is an element reference, y must be an element variable.


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