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M$FILL (Dynamic Memory Routine)

Sets a region of memory to a constant value.

Note: This ACUCOBOL-GT library routine is available in this COBOL version. Any compatibility issues in this COBOL system are in the Compatibility Issues section at the end of the topic.

Usage

CALL "M$FILL" 
    USING DEST-PTR, BYTE-VALUE, NUM-BYTES

Parameters

DEST-PTR USAGE POINTER	Contains the address of the first byte of the region to be filled.
BYTE-VALUE Alpha-numeric parameter	Contains the value with which to fill the memory region.
NUM-BYTES Numeric parameter	Indicates the size of the memory region.

Description

This routine fills NUM-BYTES with BYTE-VALUE starting at address DEST-PTR. The parameters are passed BY REFERENCE. This routine does not do any boundary checking to make sure that the address range is valid.

Compatibility Issues

None.