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| Revision V6.3-001 | 20 March 2017 | Updated the following chapters for V6.3-001: |
| Revision V6.1-000 | 28 August 2014 | Updated for V6.1-000. For chapter-specific revisions, refer to Chapter 2: “GT.M Language Extensions”, Chapter 6: “Commands”, Chapter 7: “Functions”, Chapter 8: “Intrinsic Special Variables”, Chapter 9: “Input/Output Processing”, and Chapter 11: “Integrating External Routines”. |
| Revision V6.0-003 | 24 February 2014 | Updated for V6.0-002 and V6.0-003. For chapter-specific revisions, refer to Chapter 3, Development Cycle, Chapter 6: “Commands”, Chapter 7: “Functions”, Chapter 8: “Intrinsic Special Variables”, Chapter 9: “Input/Output Processing”, Chapter 11: “Integrating External Routines” and Chapter 13: “Error Processing”. |
| Revision V6.0-001 | 21 March 2013 | Updated for V6.0-001. For chapter-specific revisions, refer to Chapter 3, Development Cycle, Chapter 5: “General Language Features of M”, Chapter 6: “Commands”, Chapter 7: “Functions”, Chapter 9: “Input/Output Processing”, Chapter 10: “Utility Routines”, Chapter 11: “Integrating External Routines”, and Chapter 13: “Error Processing”. |
| Revision V6.0-000 | 19 November 2012 | Updated for V6.0-000. For chapter-specific revisions, refer to Chapter 6: “Commands” and Chapter 9: “Input/Output Processing”. |
Contents
- About This Manual
- 1. About GT.M
- 2. GT.M Language Extensions
- 3. Development Cycle
- 4. Operating and Debugging in Direct Mode
- Operating in Direct Mode
- Debugging a Routine in Direct Mode
- Creating and Displaying M Routines
- Executing M Routines Interactively
- Processing with Run-time and Syntax Errors
- Correcting Errors
- Stepping Through a Routine
- Continuing Execution From a Breakpoint
- Interrupting Execution
- Using the Invocation Stack in Debugging
- Transferring Routine Control
- Displaying Source Code
- Correcting Errors in an M Routine
- Relinking the Edited Routine
- Re-executing the Routine
- Using Forked Processes
- Summary of GT.M Debugging Tools
- 5. General Language Features of M
- 6. Commands
- 7. Functions
- $ASCII()
- $Char()
- $Data()
- $Extract()
- $Find()
- $FNumber()
- $Get()
- $Increment()
- $Justify()
- $Length()
- $NAme()
- $Next()
- $Order()
- $Piece()
- $Qlength()
- $QSubscript()
- $Query()
- $Random()
- $REPLACE()
- $REverse()
- $Select()
- $STack()
- $Text()
- $TRanslate()
- $View()
- $ZAHandle()
- $ZAscii()
- $ZATRansform
- $ZAUditlog
- $ZBIT Functions
- $ZCHar()
- $ZCOLlate()
- $ZCOnvert()
- $ZDATA()
- $ZDate()
- $ZExtract()
- $ZFind()
- $ZGetjpi()
- $ZJOBEXAM()
- $ZJustify()
- $ZLength()
- $ZMessage()
- $ZPARSE()
- $ZPIece()
- $ZPEEK()
- $ZPrevious()
- $ZREPLACE()
- $ZSOCKET()
- $ZSYSLOG()
- $ZQGBLMOD()
- $ZSEARCH()
- $ZSIGPROC()
- $ZSUBstr()
- $ZTRanslate()
- $ZTRIgger()
- $ZTRNLNM()
- $ZWidth()
- $ZWRite()
- 8. Intrinsic Special Variables
- $Device
- $ECode
- $EStack
- $ETrap
- $Horolog
- $IO
- $Job
- $Key
- $Principal
- $Quit
- $Reference
- $STack
- $Storage
- $SYstem
- $Test
- $TLevel
- $TRestart
- $X
- $Y
- $ZA
- $ZALlocstor
- $ZAUDit
- $ZB
- $ZCHset
- $ZCLose
- $ZDAteform
- $ZCMdline
- $ZCOmpile
- $ZCstatus
- $ZDirectory
- $ZEDit
- $ZEOf
- $ZError
- $ZGbldir
- $ZHorolog
- $ZICUver
- $ZINInterrupt
- $ZINTerrupt
- $ZIO
- $ZJob
- $ZKey
- $ZLevel
- $ZMALLoclim
- $ZMAXTPTIme
- $ZMOde
- $ZONLNrlbk
- $ZPATNumeric
- $ZPIN
- $ZPOSition
- $ZPOUT
- $ZPROMpt
- $ZQuit
- $ZREalstor
- $ZRELdate
- $ZROutines
- $ZSOurce
- $ZStatus
- $ZSTep
- $ZSTRPllim
- $ZSYstem
- $ZTExit
- $ZTIMeout
- $ZTrap
- $ZUSedstor
- $ZUT
- $ZVersion
- $ZYERror
- Triggers ISVs
- 9. Input/Output Processing
- 10. Utility Routines
- 11. Integrating External Routines
- 12. Internationalization
- Collation Sequence Definitions
- Creating the Alternate Collation Routines
- Transformation Routine (gtm_ac_xform_1 or gtm_ac_xform)
- Inverse Transformation Routine (gtm_ac_xback or gtm_ac_xback_1)
- Transform Utility Routine (gtm_ac_xutil)
- Version Control Routines (gtm_ac_version and gtm_ac_verify)
- Using the %GBLDEF Utility
- Example of Upper and Lower Case Alphabetic Collation Sequence
- Example of Collating Alphabets in Reverse Order using gtm_ac_xform_1 and gtm_ac_xback_1
- Implementing an Alternative Collation Sequence for Unicode® characters
- Matching Alternative Patterns
- 13. Error Processing
- 14. Triggers
- A. M Coding Standards - Do's and Don'ts
