Data Manipulation Language Statements › #GETSTG—acquires variable storage from a storage pool

#GETSTG—acquires variable storage from a storage pool

The #GETSTG statement acquires variable storage from a storage pool or obtains the address of a previously acquired storage area. Once acquired, the storage is available for use:

• By the issuing task only (user storage)
• By subsequent tasks running on the same logical terminal (user-kept storage)
• By all tasks in the system (shared or shared-kept storage)

Storage availability is governed by #GETSTG parameter specifications. The value stored in a user-defined register assigned by the ADDR parameter contains the address of acquired storage.