I was looking for a short sequence of instructions, not a library routine. Als, doesn't that require LE enabled?
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2024 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bounded string move? Caution: This email did not originate from George Mason’s mail system. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:28:13 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >If I know the lengths of an input string and the length of a buffer, I can >specify a pad character and copy it with MVCL. If I know that it is delimited >by, e.g., a blank, I can use MVST but I run the risk of a buffer overrun. Is >there a quick way to copy a delimited string without overrunning either the >input or output buffer and without resorting to TRT? > . <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=functions-strncpy-copy-string#strncpy__s098d__title__1> -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
