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see, I even got the example wrong. Should have been: CVTCH (CVTHB) BINCHAR, C"F1F2" ===> BINCHAR now contains X'F1F2' ----- Original Message ----- From: Leif Svalgaard <leif@leif.org> To: <mi400@midrange.com> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [MI400] CVTCH run problem > Well, the CVTCH and CVTHC *are* confusing. > Have gotten me too quite a few times. > They should have been: > CVTCH : CVTHB convert hexadecimal character representation to binary > CVTHC: CVTBH convert binary to hexadecimal character representation. > so that > CVTCH (CVTHB) BINCHAR, X'F1F2' ==> BINCHAR now contains X'F1F2' > CVTHC (CVTBH) HEXCHAR, BINCHAR ===> HEXCHAR now contains C"F1F2" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Harry Williams <planesmart@teleteam.net> > To: <mi400@midrange.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [MI400] CVTCH run problem > > > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > Thanks Leif, > > I guess I need to learn how to read better. > > > > > > Leif Svalgaard wrote: > > > > >From: Harry Williams <planesmart@teleteam.net> > > > > > > > > >>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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >This is the MI Programming on the AS400 / iSeries (MI400) mailing list > > >To post a message email: MI400@midrange.com > > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/mi400 > > >or email: MI400-request@midrange.com > > >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > > >at http://archive.midrange.com/mi400. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is the MI Programming on the AS400 / iSeries (MI400) mailing list > > To post a message email: MI400@midrange.com > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/mi400 > > or email: MI400-request@midrange.com > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > > at http://archive.midrange.com/mi400. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the MI Programming on the AS400 / iSeries (MI400) mailing list > To post a message email: MI400@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/mi400 > or email: MI400-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/mi400. >
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