RE: Convert hex to char (cvtch)

[qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta)]

Buck's comment about cvthc instead of cvtch is probably correct (as well as his 
binary/integer/bytes discussion). I have to think both of those APIs through 
before I use them each time because they seem counterintuitive.

For example, to convert the single byte x'5C' to the two bytes '5' and 'C', use 
cvthc -- converts the hex-value to characters, input length is half of output 
length.

To convert the two bytes 'F1' to the single byte x'F1', use cvtch -- converts 
characters to hex-values, input length is twice output length.

In either case, the "characters" will always be hex characters 0-9 and A-F.

Tom Liotta

rpg400-l-request@midrange.com wrote:

>   1. RE: Convert hex to char (cvtch) (Buck Calabro)

>In this case, I think you really want the other function: cvthc.  You have
>'binary' stuff that you want translated into EBCDIC do you can see it in a
>query or something.  Use the same prototype but declare the size to be twice
>the size of the input (you're taking each nybble and turning it into a
>character.)

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