Re: [MI400] CVTCH run problem

[Harry Williams <planesmart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Thanks Leif,
I guess I need to learn how to read better.


Leif Svalgaard wrote:

>From: Harry Williams <planesmart@teleteam.net>
>
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>>ENTRY *  ;
>>DCL DD FST CHAR(1) ;
>>DCL DD SCD CHR(2) ;
>>CPYBLA  FST,'H';
>>CVTCH SCD(1:2) , FST(1:1) ;
>>RTX *;
>>
>>I get
>>Scaler data cannot be changed to the type required by instruction  MCH1201
>>
>>Any Suggestions?
>>
>>
>
>Harry,
>You have been misled by the operation code:
>Convert Characters to Hex CVTCH
>
>What you wanted was
>Convert Hex to Characters CVTHC.
>
>What IBM meant with 'hex' is just binary, not the
>character hexadecimal representation.
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