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  3. July 2005

RE: Converting packed values in a buffer

Substring out into a character field that is overlaid with a packed field.
Mind you this does not work for varying sizes of pack data segments.  You
will need to create a set for each pack data segment you wish to extract.

D work  DS
D  packed_char          1  4
D  packed_pack          1  4P 2

D databuffer    S               1024    

C               EVAL    packed_char = %subst(databuffer:X:Y)

You have to know the exact location and length of the packed data (I assume
you know how to calculate the storage size of a packed field). 


Thank you,
Matt Tyler
WinCo Foods, LLC
mattt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Malchow, Grizzly
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:34 PM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Converting packed values in a buffer

Can anyone make a suggestion as to where I can look for information on
how to convert a packed value when it is in a data buffer?

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