[Info-vax] SYS$FAO coding example in BLISS-32

[Jim Duff]

On 11/7/24 23:55, David Meyer wrote:
> (I posted about this on the VSI forums, but am posting here in case
> there are any old VMS hackers hanging out only here.)
> 
> Does anyone have an code example of calling SYS$FAO in a BLISS program?
> 
> I'm trying to teach myself the language from old manuals and want a way
> to print text and numeric data from programs to my terminal. I've found
> the TUTIO package, but would like to know a method that also works in
> batch mode. SYS$FAO looks like a useful way to format data into
> character strings for output with LIB$PUT_OUTPUT, but I've so far only
> succeeded in printing blank lines, and can only find coding examples in
> MACRO or FORTRAN.
> 

Try section 8.3.1 of the the BLISS 32 User Manual?

https://www.digiater.nl/openvms/freeware/v50/bliss/b32uman.pdf

Jim
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