Application programs and Hewlett-Packard subsystems call NLS
to obtain language-dependent information for any
language installed on a system. The following table lists the NLS
intrinsics and their functions:
Table 3-1 NLS Intrinsic Categories
| Function | Intrinsic | Description |
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| Information Retrieving | ALMANAC | Returns numeric data information. |
| | NLGETLANG | Returns the current language. |
| | NLINFO | Returns language-dependent information. |
| Character Handling | NLCOLLATE | Compares two character strings. |
| | NLFINDSTR | Searches for a string. |
| | NLJUDGE | Determines whether a character is a one-byte or
two-byte Asian character. |
| | NLKEYCOMPARE | Compares strings of different length. |
| | NLREPCHAR | Replaces nondisplayable characters. |
| | NLSCANMOVE | Moves and scans character strings. |
| | NLSTRANSLATE | Translates strings to/from EBCDIC. |
| | NLSUBSTR | Returns a string. |
| | NLSWITCHBUF | Converts a string of characters from phonetic order to screen order and vice versa.
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| Number Formatting | NLCONVNUM | Converts numbers from native to internal form. |
| | NLFMTNUM | Formats an internal number in native form. |
| | NLNUMSPEC | Returns information needed for formatting and
converting numbers.
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| Application Message Catalog | CATCLOSE | Closes a message catalog. |
| | CATOPEN | Opens a message catalog. |
| | CATREAD | Reads information from a message catalog. |
| | NLAPPEND | Concatenates a file name and a language number.
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Refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual (32650-90028) for a complete description of each intrinsic.
NLS provides support features for language data and local custom
formats in FCOPY, IMAGE, KSAM, QUERY, SORT-MERGE, and VPLUS.
The emphasis of NLS in the subsystems is on providing the end user,
rather than the application designer, with local language data and
formats. User interface (prompts, commands, and messages) of the
subsystem utility programs are not localized (for example,
FORMSPEC and DBUTIL).
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None of these changes are automatic. All existing applications
and jobs work the same way they did prior to the NLS
installation unless they are modified to request NLS functions.
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