Re: convert packed to alpha

Thx for help Peter.

x'40' was the problem.

>Second, the problem is the XLATE.  In the examples where you get wrong data,
>your XLATE is converting the x'40' (blank) to x'00', so 3494402 would be
>translated to 3494002, and 5240211 would be 5200211.

It's only in this example 500a. Original it is 500a varying.

>Third, although it doesn't affect anything, when you eval L =
>%len(hexstring), the result will always be 500. Try eval L =
>%len(%trimr(hexstring)) instead.

>The following (untested) should work:

>c                   eval      num = *zero
>c                   eval      L = %len(%trimr(hexstring))
>c                   evalr     char16 = %subst(hexstring:1:L)
>        .......
>c                   eval      alphastring = %char(num)