RE: Hex to char.

Is there a reason cvtch and cvthc are not a choice here? They work fast, are
MI instructions and can be called from RPG IV very easily. See my article on
it at: 

http://www.mcpressonline.com/mc?1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@.6b27ccf2

-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.

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Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:02 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: AW: Hex to char.

No, it won't work, because CAST only converts between different data types. 
All values in datatypes are stored in a hexa decimal representation.

There is a scalar function HEX() to get the hexa decimal representation of a
value, 
but not the inverse.

Birgitta


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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Glenn Gundermann
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. November 2005 02:23
An: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Betreff: Re: Hex to char.


Would the SQL CAST work? 

Glenn Gundermann 

Gauri Kulkarni writes: 

> Hi, 
> 
> I am having an input file which contains data in Hexadecimal character
> format.
> My program should convert this Hex data to Char and writes to another
output
> file.
> Am free to use either RPG/RPGILE.
> Is there is function/prcedure which will help to convert from Hex to Char
? 
> 
> Regards,
> Gauri