Re: RV: Converting Packed to Char. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: RV: Converting Packed to Char.
From: "Buck" <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:39:23 -0400
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> there is a cvthc()? that is good to know.

Search the archives: I'm pretty sure I posted some code.

> But what was he looking for then?

He wants to convert a number from what we think of as 'normal' to packed.
An example might help.  Given the number 7127, the hex value of the signed
number is x'f7f1f2f7' in 4 bytes.  Its packed form would be x'07127f' in 3
bytes.  This is for message substitution data; read the description of the
FMT parameter on ADDMSGD.
  --buck

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