Re: Char to Hex

Hmm... so the crux of the matter is, how do you assign a single char the value
of a hex string such as 'C1' so the char becomes x'C1' or 'A'.

There may be a function somewhere, and if so hopefully someone will answer your
message with it.  If not this program displays 'A'

D                 DS                                     
D Character               2      2A                      
D HexValue                1      2B 0                    
                                                          
C                   Eval      HexValue = 12 * 16 + 1     
                                                          
C     Character     Dsply                                
                                                          
C                   Eval      *INLR = *On                
                                                          
The Hex Character 'C' is Decimal 12.  Basically, value of the first hex 
character
times 16 plus the value of the second character will equal the binary hex 
value. 

This is just the mechanics.  The logic I leave as an excercise to the reader.  
This
is one way to do it, and I'm sure it's not the best way.  If this is the way 
you are
going to wind up doing it, however, I would suggest making this a function that 
you
pass a 2 character hex string and returns a single character.

Make sure you wait for better answers before you use this one though.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

Peter Connell wrote:
> 
> Anybody got a modern routine for converting a character string that has been
> entered in hex format back to the compressed hex representation. eg a 6 char
> field 'C1C2C3' input should return a 3 char output of 'ABC' , that is
> X'C1C2C3'.
> I tried the C runtime cvtch and cvthc but they didn't seem to work.
> 
> Peter
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