DCL

VAR(&HANDLE) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(50)

DCL

VAR(&PARM1) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(512)

DCL

VAR(&KEYW) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(...)

DCL

VAR(&VALUE) TYPE( . . .

DCL

VAR(&FORMAT) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(10)

CALL

PGM(LNCGETKW) PARM(&HANDLE &PARM1 +

&KEYW &VALUE &FORMAT)

Parameters

&PARMX

Variable &PARMX contains the value returned by a previous call to LNCCMD.

&KEYW

&KEYW contains the keyword for witch we want to get the value.
The keyword can be inside doubles quotes ("), or, it must be ended by a punctuation character or a blank.

Example: CHGVAR VAR(&KEYW) VALUE('Pattern;') 

If the first character of &KEYW is an asterix (*), then the next characters represent a data format, in the form : Tn.d .
The text stored in &PARMX will be then converted into a decimal format in &VALUE.
T is the data type:
A for character.
P for packed decimal
S for zoned decimal.
n is the number of digits or characters in &VALUE.
d is the number of digits after the decimal point for a numeric value.

Example: CHGVAR VAR(&KEYW) VALUE('*P8.2 ') 

&VALUE

Variable where the value associated to the keyword must be stored.

&FORMAT

Format of parameter &VALUE, in the form : Tn.d
T is the data type:
A for character.
P for packed decimal
S for zoned decimal.
n is the number of digits or characters in &VALUE.
d is the number of digits after the decimal point for a numeric value.

If &FORMAT is absent, variable &VALUE is considered as character type, and its size will be not controlled.

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