Hexadecimal value to displayable numeric field

CICS fan · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:56 pm

I have a field in a cobol program WS-FIELD defined as PIC X(02). The content is in hexadecimal say X'1E23'
How can I convert this value to displayable numeric field?

Thanks,Shamik.

Robert Sample · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:22 pm

Use REDEFINE to overly PIC S9(04) COMP and display the COMP field. Or, move the COMP file to a PIC S9(04) SIGN LEADING SEPARATE field and use it.

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:46 pm

The following method retains the converted value(s) -

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Regards,

Bill