CURRENTSIZE

CURRENTSIZE returns a FIXED BIN value that gives the implementation-defined storage, in bytes, required by x.

x

A variable of any data type, data organization, and storage class except those in the following list:

A BASED, DEFINED, parameter, subscripted, or structure or union base-element variable that is an unaligned fixed-length bit string
A minor structure or union whose first or last base element is an unaligned fixed-length bit string (except where it is also the first or last element of the containing major structure or union)
A major structure or union that has the BASED, DEFINED, or parameter attribute, and that has an unaligned fixed-length bit string as its first or last element
A variable not in connected storage

The value returned by CURRENTSIZE(x) is defined as the number of bytes that would be transmitted in the following circumstances:

  declare F file record output
          environment(scalarvarying);
  write file(F) from(S);

If x is a scalar varying-length string, the returned value includes the length-prefix of the string and the number of currently-used bytes. It does not include any unused bytes in the string.

If x is a scalar area, the returned value includes the area control bytes and the current extent of the area. It does not include any unused bytes at the end of the area.

If x is an aggregate containing areas or varying-length strings, the returned value includes the area control bytes, the maximum sizes of the areas, the length prefixes of the strings, and the number of bytes in the maximum lengths of the strings. There is an exception to this rule:

If x is a structure or union whose last element is a nondimensioned area, the returned value includes that area's control bytes and the current extent of that area. It does not include any unused bytes at the end of that area.

The CURRENTSIZE built-in function must not be used on a BASED variable with adjustable extents if that variable has not been allocated.

Under the CMPAT(V3) compiler option, CURRENTSIZE returns a FIXED BIN(63) value. Under all other CMPAT options, it returns a FIXED BIN(31) value.

For examples of the CURRENTSIZE built-in function, see SIZE.