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Gerry wrote:

>Is there a quick way to a string
>containing packed decimal data into
>its decimal equivalent, knowing the
>number of length and decimal positions?

One way is the C function(?) cvtch.  I'm pretty sure you'll find hits in the
archives and maybe on the FAQ.

     D H2C             Pr                  ExtProc('cvthc')
     D                                 *   Value
     D                                 *   Value
     D                               10I 0 Value

     D RecPtr          S               *   inz
     D SrcPtr          S               *   inz
     D Size            S             10I 0 inz

     C                   Eval      SrcPtr = %addr(AMARecHex)
     C                   Eval      RecPtr = %addr(AMARecChr)
     C                   Eval      Size=Recl * 2
     C* RECL is the length of the packed data.

     C                   CALLP     H2C(RecPtr :
     C                                 SrcPtr :
     C                                 Size)

After converting from hex to char, it'll be fairly simple to map that to a
data structure and re-define as zoned.

  --buck


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