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There are 10 kinds of people; those who understand binary, and those who don't.

> Michael Ryan wrote:
Hmmm...I'm confused. I have a packed number (or zoned), and I move it to an
integer field (5U 0). I then take the %Char of the integer to get it into
character format. Then I use cvthc to get the hex. However, when I start
with the number 140, I get F1F4F0. I want 8C. If I use a DS overlay, I get
what I want, but that doesn't seem to me to be the 'right' way.

D SomeDS ds qualified
D SomeChar 2A
D SomeInt 5U 0 overlay(SomeChar:1)

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Michael Ryan wrote:
I've checked the archives and FAQ, but wondered if someone has a more
elegant solution. I need to convert an unknown decimal number (probably
can
limit the number of digits though) to hex. Is the overlay solution the
best?
cvthc?
I think cvthc is the most straight forward way.

david

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