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Re: Convert character data to 2 byte hex value

Chris Bipes wrote:
For instance I have a 16 byte character field with binary data
and I want to turn it into a 32 byte character field that is the
hex representation of the field. Have any of you written such a
beast? I suppose I could create a 256 byte array with the values
"00" to "FF" and convert each character field to a binary field.
Is there an API that can make my job easier?


Probably in many cases just a language builtin function based on or using the CVTCH MI instruction itself should suffice versus calling an API to accomplish that task; e.g. C2X(), HEX(). Depending on where there is the need, there may be a function already available; e.g. in message handling for data logged in a job message queue strings may be implicitly converted to hex when not character data and message variables can be explicitly designated to format as *HEX.

Regards, Chuck

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