Built-in subroutines perform miscellaneous operations that do not necessarily return a result as built-in functions do.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| LOCNEWSPACE | Allocates space for the variable type described by the LOCATES attribute. |
| LOCNEWVALUE | Allocates space for the variable type described by the LOCATES attribute that is associated with the offset and assigns value to that area. |
| PLIASCII | Converts from EBCDIC to ASCII. |
| PLIATTN | Gives you explicit control over where the compiler inserts attention breakpoints. Each invocation of this subroutine causes the ATTENTION condition to be raised at that point in the code. |
| PLICANC | Cancels the automatic restart facility (z/OS only). |
| PLICKPT | Takes a checkpoint for later restart (z/OS only). |
| PLIDELETE | Frees the storage associated with a handle. |
| PLIDUMP | Dumps information about currently open files, the calling path to the current location, and so on. |
| PLIEBCDIC | Converts from ASCII to EBCDIC. |
| PLIFILL | Fills n bytes at an address with a specified byte value. |
| PLIFREE | Frees the storage associated with a pointer to heap storage. |
| PLIMOVE | Moves n bytes from one address to another. |
| PLIOVER | Moves n bytes from one address to another, compensating for possible overlap of the source and target. |
| PLIREST | Restarts program execution (z/OS only). |
| PLIRETC | Sets the PL/I return code value. |
| PLISAXA | Allows you to perform SAX-style parsing of an XML document residing in a buffer in your program. |
| PLISAXB | Allows you to perform SAX-style parsing of an XML document residing in a file. |
| PLISAXC | Allows you to perform SAX-style parsing of an XML document residing in a buffer in your program. |
| PLISAXD | Allows you to perform SAX-style parsing with XML validation of an XML document residing in a buffer in your program. |
| PLISRTA | Allows the use of DFSORT to sort an input file to produce a sorted output file. |
| PLISRTB | Allows the use of DFSORT to sort input records provided by an E15 PL/I exit procedure to produce a sorted output file. |
| PLISRTC | Allows the use of DFSORT to sort an input file to produce sorted records that are processed by an E35 PL/I exit procedure. |
| PLISRTD | Allows the use of DFSORT to sort input records provided by an E15 PL/I exit procedure to produce sorted records that are processed by an E35 PL/I exit procedure. |
| PLISTCK | Generates the corresponding store clock hardware instruction and returns the condition code set by the instruction (z/OS only). |
| PLISTCKE | Generates the corresponding store clock hardware instruction and returns the condition code set by the instruction (z/OS only). |
| PLISTCKF | Generates the corresponding store clock hardware instruction and returns the condition code set by the instruction (z/OS only). |
| PLITRANxy | Translates an x-byte buffer to a y-byte buffer where x and y may be any combination of 1 and 2. |