[Info-vax] LIB$ equivalent of DCL f$type() ?

[Michael Moroney]

DTL <didier.morandi at gmail.com> writes:

>> What is your interpretation of "a number" ?

>Not mine, DCL's :-)

>DTL> a=1
>DTL> b=f$type(a)
>DTL> 'b
>%DCL-W-IVVERB, unrecognized command verb - check validity and spelling
> \INTEGER\
>DTL>

The type of a symbol seems to be unique to DCL.  You'd have to write some
conversion code to match your/DCL's definition of a 'number'.  I believe
DCL only knows about integers.  Also, there are other types of symbols
known to DCL other than "INTEGER" and "STRING".

$ temp = F$CONTEXT ("PROCESS", ctx, "NODENAME", "*","EQL")
$ write sys$output f$type(ctx)
PROCESS_CONTEXT