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Tom Liotta wrote:
Minor note (and question for the list)... I haven't actually tried it, but is there any technical reason sprintf() couldn't also be used in ILE RPG?
You could use sprintf(). I assume you're thinking of %x, but %x only works with integers, so you could only do 4 bytes at a time.
Here's one reason not to use sprintf in RPG or anywhere: There's no way to tell sprintf() how long your buffer is, so you just have to make sure it's big enough. Also (this is no big deal), sprintf() adds a null-terminator, so you have to allow a byte for it, and (usually) remove it somehow.
Here's an example of using sprintf to get the hex value of an integer. It displays 0001e240.
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H bnddir('QC2LE')
D sprintf pr * extproc('sprintf')
D buf * value
D template * value options(*string)
D val 10i 0 value options(*nopass)
* I know, buf could be just 9 bytes ...
D buf s 100a
D hexval s 8a
/free
sprintf(%addr(buf) : '%8.8x' : 123456);
hexval = %str(%addr(buf));
dsply hexval;
*inlr = '1';
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