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<h1 class="topictitle1">Example: Writing an MI program</h1>
<div><p>This topic shows how to write a simple MI program that receives
two packed-decimal parameters and returns the larger value through a third
parameter.</p>
<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Read the <a href="codedisclaimer.htm">Code license and disclaimer information</a> for important
legal information.</div>
<p>This MI program demonstrates how to do the following
tasks:</p>
<ul><li>Define an external entry point</li>
<li>Define and access parameters</li>
<li>Use conditional branching</li>
<li>Assign a value to a scalar object</li>
<li>End the program</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Setting the entry point</h4><p>First the program, MI01
in this example, needs an ENTRY directive statement to designate its external
entry point. The following directive declares an unnamed (the *) external
(the EXT) entry point, which is called with a parameter list corresponding
to PARM_LIST (defined later in the source code):</p>
<pre>ENTRY * (PARM_LIST) EXT;</pre>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Setting the declare statements</h4><p><span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> programs
typically pass parameters by reference as part of the high-level language
(HLL) calling convention. Because <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> programs
pass by reference (that is, address and not value), the program also needs
to define three space pointers (how storage is referenced) to represent the
three parameters being passed. This is accomplished by the following directives:</p>
<pre>DCL SPCPTR ARG1@ PARM;
DCL SPCPTR ARG2@ PARM;
DCL SPCPTR RESULT@ PARM;</pre>
<p>To associate these three space pointers with the parameters
being passed to the program, the following operand list (OL) is declared:</p>
<pre>DCL OL PARM_LIST /* Name of OL is PARM_LIST */
(ARG1@, /* The first parameter */
ARG2@, /* The second parameter */
RESULT@) /* The third parameter */
PARM EXT; /* External parameter list */</pre>
<p>The names ARG1@, ARG2@, RESULT@, and PARM_LIST are chosen by
you and are not mandated by the system. You can choose any valid name for
any object data element. For a definition of what constitutes a valid name,
see "Name" in the Program syntax topic of the Create Program (QPRCRTPG) API.</p>
<p>Now
that the program has established addressability (the space pointers) to the
three parameters, the program needs to declare how to map (or view) the storage
addressed. The following declarations define the storage addressed (the BAS
argument) by the three space pointer parameters as being packed-decimal (PKD)
scalar data objects (DD) with 15 digits, 5 digits being to the right of the
decimal point:</p>
<pre>DCL DD ARG1 PKD(15,5) BAS(ARG1@);
DCL DD ARG2 PKD(15,5) BAS(ARG2@);
DCL DD RESULT PKD(15,5) BAS(RESULT@);</pre>
<p>The names ARG1, ARG2, and RESULT are chosen arbitrarily, but,
for ease of reading, are similar to the basing space pointers ARG1@, ARG2@,
and RESULT@. The declarations of packed 15,5 are used for consistency with
CL. The declared type and size could be of any other valid type and size.
The true requirement is that the calling program and the MI program agree
on the type and size.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Starting the instruction stream</h4><p>With all the needed
declarations now done, the instruction stream definition, where the program
will compare the numeric values (CMPNV instruction) of parameters one and
two, is started:</p>
<pre> CMPNV(B) ARG1,ARG2 / LO(ITS2);</pre>
<p>The program then branches (the (B) extender to CMPNV) to label
ITS2 if ARG1 is less than ARG2 (the /LO branch target).</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> MI instructions
such as CMPNV are defined in the iSeries™ Machine Interface instructions.
Pervasive instruction extenders such as branch (B) and target keywords (LO,
HI, EQ, and so on) are defined under Instruction Statement, which is a subheading
in the Program syntax topic of the Create Program (QPRCRTPG) API.</div>
<p>If
ARG1 is not low (LO) when compared to ARG2, the next MI instruction in the
source stream is run. When the next MI instruction is run, it copies the numeric
value (CPYNV instruction) of ARG1 to RESULT and, following that, branches
to label RETURN:</p>
<pre> CPYNV RESULT,ARG1;
B RETURN;</pre>
<p>If ARG2 was greater than ARG1, the CPYNV instruction at label
ITS2 is run, setting RESULT to the value of ARG2:</p>
<pre>ITS2: CPYNV RESULT,ARG2;</pre>
<p>The
program has now finished processing and ends:</p>
<pre>RETURN: RTX *;
PEND;</pre>
<p>The previous return external (RTX) instruction is not needed
because it is implied by the PEND directive. The RTX instruction is included
to add clarity to the program flow.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">MI01 program complete code example</h4><p>Put all together,
the program looks like this:</p>
<pre>/********************************************************************/
/********************************************************************/
/* */
/* Program Name: MI01 */
/* */
/* Programming Language: MI */
/* */
/* Description: Return the larger of two packed arguments. */
/* */
/* */
/* Header Files Included: None */
/* */
/* */
/********************************************************************/
ENTRY * (PARM_LIST) EXT;
DCL SPCPTR ARG1@ PARM;
DCL SPCPTR ARG2@ PARM;
DCL SPCPTR RESULT@ PARM;
DCL OL PARM_LIST
(ARG1@,
ARG2@,
RESULT@)
PARM EXT;
DCL DD ARG1 PKD(15,5) BAS(ARG1@);
DCL DD ARG2 PKD(15,5) BAS(ARG2@);
DCL DD RESULT PKD(15,5) BAS(RESULT@);
CMPNV(B) ARG1,ARG2 / LO(ITS2);
CPYNV RESULT,ARG1;
B RETURN;
ITS2: CPYNV RESULT,ARG2;
RETURN: RTX *;
PEND;</pre>
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<div class="familylinks">
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="MIpgmg.htm" title="Provides information about creating machine interface (MI) programs.">Machine interface programming</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
<div><a href="../apis/qprcrtpg.htm">Program syntax</a></div>
<div><a href="../rzatk/mitoc.htm">iSeries Machine Interface instructions</a></div>
<div><a href="MIcrever.htm" title="This topic discusses how to create an MI version of the CLCRTPG program that can be used to create MI programs. This program is called MICRTPG.">Creating an MI version of CLCRTPG</a></div>
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