Q: I want to use the CALL CL command in a S/36 procedure to call a CL program that needs to access the S/36 local data area (LDA). How do I go about retrieving the S/36 LDA from a CL program?
- Willie Moore
A: To retrieve a value from the LDA in your CL program, use the Change Variable (CHGVAR) command as shown here:
CHGVAR VAR(&NAME) + VALUE(%SST(*LDA 101 10))
In this command, &NAME is a character variable with a length of 10, the LDA start position is 110, and the length of the retrieved value is 10.
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