Tony H wrote: <snip> everything wrapped into one instruction, i.e. strncpy(). </snip>
I'd hardly call strncpy "one instruction", rather one function / one "line of code". It probably is implemented using some of the instructions that you're thinking of. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN