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Radha3
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Hi can anyone anyone help regarding this query
I have a field ABCD PIC X(1) that stores values in
hexadecimal format eg. X'21'
There is another field AAAA PIC X(2)
I want to move ABCD to AAAA so that value in AAAA
comes out to be 21. |
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 Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: Re: How to convert hex to character format |
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vasanthkumarhb
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Hi,
if u force the value 21 to store in to variable ABCD the value get truncated
and i guess hexadecimal of numeric 21 is 2B.
afterwards you can convert hexdecimal to numeric or watever u like to change.
there are functions in COBOL to convert hex to other formatts and vice versa. |
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Radha3
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| What are those functions which are available in COBOL? Can you please tell me.. |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| if u force the value 21 to store in to variable ABCD the value get truncated |
This is incorrect (or at least mis-understood in terms of the request). The request is how to "move" an x'21' (perfectly valid in one byte) to 2 bytes that contain x'F2F1' or 21.
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| and i guess hexadecimal of numeric 21 is 2B. |
Has nothing to do with the request.
One way is to define an array of 2-byte entries of all of the values from x'00' to x'FF' and then use the single byte as the displacement into the array.
If i remember, someone also posted a way to "calculate" this and a search in the forum could find it. |
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CICS Guy
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