List of $functions

The following are the available Sirius $functions.

See Notation conventions for methods for information about the conventions followed in the method descriptions.

$Function	Description
$A2E	Translate ASCII to EBCDIC
$Abbrev	Determine if string is abbreviation within list of words
$Arr_Find	Find value within array
$Arr_Init	Initialize every element of array to specific value
$Arr_Max	Find maximum value in array
$Arr_Min	Find minimum value in array
$Base64_Decode	Convert from base 64 to byte string
$Base64_Encode	Convert byte string to base 64
$BgPurge	Cancel "long" sdaemon request initiated with $CommBg
$BgQuery	List of "long" sdaemon requests initiated via $CommBg
$Bind	Fast, easy synchronization of system wide resource
$Bind_List	Return list of bound semaphores onto a $list
$BitAnd	Bitwise AND of two integers
$BitOr	Bitwise OR of two integers
$Bump	Bump a user
$C2D	Convert binary byte string to integer
$Center	Center string
$CfStatL	List of statistics for users holding critical file resources
$Close	Close file or group in User Language request
$Cms	Determine if online is running under CMS
$CommBg	Execute Model 204 commands on sdaemon
$Command	Execute Model 204 command on sdaemon, results to image
$CommndL	Execute Model 204 command on sdaemon, results to $list
$Context	Determine if string is name of open file or group
$D2C	Binary byte representation of integer
$D2X	Hex representation of integer
$DaemonMasterNumber	Get user number of master thread
$DaemonParentNumber	Get user number of parent thread
$Deflate	Compress a longstring with Deflate
$DelCh	Remove characters from string, compress and strip blanks
$Delg_Subsys	Delete subsystem-wide global
$Delg_Sys	Delete system-wide global
$Delimr	Insert delimiter string into input string at regular positions
$E2A	Translate EBCDIC to ASCII
$EdScan	Scan list of entities in online
$Ent	Do character entity substitution
$Ent_Print	Set automatic character entity substitution
$Ent_Tab	retrieve/modify character entity substitution table
$ErrSet	Increment or clear number of counting errors, set $ERRMSG
$FIniTim	File initialization YYDDDMMHHSSTH
$FakeEnt	Prepare fake ENTER to automatically satisfy next full screen read
$FiStat	Retrieve file's statistics into string
$FiStatL	Retrieve set of files' statistics into list
$Field_Image	Return field values into an image
$Field_List	Return field values into a $list
$Field_ListI	Return field values into a $list mapped to an image
$FreeOpt	Free optional file or group from subsystem
$FunForc	Cancel running or waiting Fast/Unload request
$FunImg	Retrieve data from active Fast/Unload request into image
$FunList	$list of active and enqueued Fast/Unload requests
$FunLoad	Fast/Unload records in Model 204 list or found set
$FunPurg	Purge running or waiting Fast/Unload request
$FunSkip	Skip to next output record for $FunImg, $FunsStr
$FunWait	Wait until asynchronous Fast/Unload request completes
$FunsStr	Retrieve data from active Fast/Unload request into string
$GZip	Compress a longstring with GZip
$GunZip	Decompress a longstring with GUNZIP
$HexA	Convert hexadecimal string to EBCDIC equivalent
$IHexA	Convert EBCDIC string to hexadecimal equivalent
$ImgInf	Retrieve image item by variable name
$ImgOvl	Replace image item value
$IncStat	Increment local system statistic
$Inflate	Decompress a longstring with inflate
$JobAuth	Determine if user has authorization for USE $JOB
$Parse	Part of string preceding character in delimiter set
$ParseX	Part of string following character in delimiter set
$PrcLEx	$list of information about procedures in file
$PrcLExG	$list of information about procedures in group or file
$Priorty	Change a user's priority
$ProcCls	Close procedure before reaching end
$ProcDat	Add lines from procedure to $list
$ProcGet	Next line of procedure
$ProcLoc	Locate any of set of strings in procedure
$ProcOpn	Open procedure for $ProcDat, $ProcGet, $ProcLoc
$Proc_List	$list of information about procedures in file
$Proc_ListG	$list of information about procedures in group or file
$Proc_Touch	Change a procedure's last-update date and user
$Random	Get next random number
$Random_SEED	Build seed specifying series of $RANDOM results
$RegexMatch	Whether string matches regex
$RegexReplace	Replace matching strings
$Resetn	Reset or view M204 parameter
$Session_$Session_Id_$Session_Owner_and_$Session_Timeout	$Session_Id, $Session_Owner and $Session_Timeout
$Session_Close	Close an open session
$Session_Create	Create a new session
$Session_Delete	Delete a session
$Session_List	Get list of sessions
$Session_Open	Open a session
$SetStat	Set local system statistic
$Setg_Subsys	Set subsystem-wide global
$Setg_Subsys_List	Get list of subsystem-wide globals
$Setg_Sys	Set system-wide global
$Setg_Sys_List	Get list of system-wide globals
$SirJGet	Place audit trail data on $list
$SirMsg	Line of current $SirMsgP procedure
$SirMsgP	Load procedure for retrieval via $SirMsg
$SirParm	Set user-specific value, controlling Sirius products
$SirProd	Determine availability of Sirius product or capability
$SirSite	Current Sirius customer site ID
$SirTime	Current time as YYDDDHHMISSXX
$SirVer	Current version number of Sirius product
$SirWarn	Send warning or message to user(s)
$Sir_Date	Get current datetime
$Sir_Date2N	Convert datetime string to number of seconds/300
$Sir_Date2ND	Convert datetime string to number of days
$Sir_Date2NM	Convert datetime string to number of milliseconds
$Sir_Date2NS	Convert datetime string to number of seconds
$Sir_DateFmt	Validate datetime format
$Sir_DateN	Current date and time as number of seconds/300
$Sir_DateND	Current date as number of days
$Sir_DateNM	Current date and time as number of milliseconds
$Sir_DateNS	Current date and time as number of seconds
$Sir_N2Date	Convert datetime number of seconds/300 to string
$Sir_ND2Date	Convert datetime number of days to string
$Sir_NM2Date	Convert datetime number of milliseconds to string
$Sir_NS2Date	Convert datetime number of seconds to string
$Sir_Wild	Test string against a wildcard string
$SsStat	Retrieve subsystem's statistics into string
$SsStatL	Retrieve statistics for set of subsystems into $list
$StatD	Calculate differences and rates for statistics strings
$StatLD	Calculate differences and rates for statistics $lists
$Str	Treat a longstring as string
$StrAnd	Bit-wise AND two strings
$StrOr	Bit-wise OR two strings
$StrXor	Bit-wise exclusive OR two strings
$SubCnt	Count occurrences of one string in another
$SubErs	Remove occurrence of one string from another
$SubIns	Insert string inside another string
$SubRep	Replace occurrences of string
$SyStat	Retrieve system statistics into string
$TSOId	TSO userid user's thread
$TSOStat	Status of program invoked via $TsoAtt
$TSOWait	Wait for program invoked via $TsoAtt to complete
$TableC	Information provided by TABLEC command
$TermId	Terminal ID of current user thread
$TkStat	Retrieve task's statistics into string
$TkStatL	Retrieve statistics for all tasks into $list
$TsoAtt	Attach program in user's TSO address space
$TsoCall	Call program in user's TSO address space
$TsoCan	Cancel program invoked via $TsoAtt
$TsoCmd	Invoke command in user's TSO address space
$TsoExec	Invoke CLIST in user's TSO address space
$TsoExit	Terminate TSO full screen interface session, stack command
$UnSpace	Normalize spaces and quotes
$Unbind_and_$UnbindW	$Unbind and $UnbindW: Unbind resource previously bound via $Bind
$UsStat	Retrieve user's statistics into string
$UsStatL	Retrieve statistics for set of users into $list
$UseASA	Prevent carriage control in USE output
$WakeUp	Pause user until specified time
$Windex	Word number of first occurrence of word in phrase
$X2D	Convert hex string to integer