VALUE

The Parse Service Routine builds a two-word PDE to describe a VALUE operand; the PDE has the following format:

Offset decimal	Meaning
0	A pointer to the character string
4	Length
6	Flags
7	Type-character.

Pointer to the character string:

contains a pointer to the beginning of the character string; that is, the first character after the quote. Contains a zero if the VALUE operand is not present.

Length:

contains the length of the character string excluding the quotes.

Flags:

Setting	Meaning
`0... ....`	The operand is not present.
`1... ....`	The operand is present.
`.xxx xxxx`	Reserved bits.

Type-character:

contains the letter that precedes the quoted string.