RE: RV: Converting Packed to Char. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: RV: Converting Packed to Char.
From: Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:09:08 -0500 (CDT)
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Booth Martin wrote:
>
> But what was he looking for then? "the term "hex data" to refer to data
> that's not human-readable." would be what?
>

He just wanted a character field that contained the same data as a packed
field would.  Take a look at his routine here:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200307/msg00594.html

and my (hopefully improved) routine that does the same thing:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200307/msg00607.html

Those illustrate what he's trying to accomplish.

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