Re: How to convert ascii value to hex in RPGLE -- RPG400-L

Hi,

I already looked IBM API but it's failing and giving said errors not sure
what can i do now to convert that key value to hex value in my program.

which is the newer or faster way to do the same thing i mean from
converting from EBCDIC value to HEX value only way programatically i was
aware these APIs but that too are not working.

Thanks much...

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:27 PM Mark Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rishi,

Look at what those error messages are telling you.

I suggest you actually take the time to look up the IBM API "QDCXLATE" and
read the instructions on the IBM web page for that API, instead of just
blindly inserting a few lines of code you got from some other program
somewhere, and just expecting it to work.

And, once again, why do you keep "flogging a dead horse"? Why are you
trying to get QDCXLATE to do something that ILE RPG IV will do for you
automatically?

Mark

On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 10:22:13 AM EST, Rishi Seth <
rishiseth99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks,after defining Len as following in same program though it got
compiled
d len s 10i 0

but when calling it now giving below error:-

Message ID . . . . . . : RNQ0202 Severity . . . . . . . : 99

Message type . . . . . : Inquiry

Date sent . . . . . . : 19-11-27 Time sent . . . . . . :
11:03:41

Message . . . . : The call to *LIBL/QDCXLATE ended in error (C G D F).

Cause . . . . . : RPG procedure RP6 in program RISHI/RP6 at statement 119

called program or procedure *LIBL/QDCXLATE, which ended in error. If the

name is *N, the call was a bound call by procedure pointer.

Recovery . . . : Check the job log for more information on the cause of
the
error and contact the person responsible for program maintenance.

Possible choices for replying to message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

D -- Obtain RPG formatted dump.

S -- Obtain system dump.

G -- Continue processing at *GETIN.

C -- Cancel.

F -- Obtain full formatted dump.

Bottom
Press Enter to continue.

||||||||||||||||||

CALL PGM(RISHI/RP6)

Buffer length not valid.
Function check. CPF2647 unmonitored by RP6 at statement 0000000119,
instruction X'0000'.
The call to *LIBL/QDCXLATE ended in error (C G D F).
The call to *LIBL/QDCXLATE ended in error (C G D F).
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Message ID . . . . . . : CPF2647 Severity . . . . . . . : 30

Message type . . . . . : Escape

Date sent . . . . . . : 19-11-27 Time sent . . . . . . :
11:03:41

Message . . . . : Buffer length not valid.

Cause . . . . . : The buffer length is less than 1 or greater than
32767.
Recovery . . . : Change the buffer length in the calling program so it
is
greater than 0 and less than or equal to 32767. Then try the request
again.

Thanks much....

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 5:57 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The error messages are pretty descriptive of the problem. There is no
definition for field LEN.

Perhaps you are making the mistake of thinking that defining LEN in a
prototype defines it? It doesn't - prototypes do not define fields -

they

specify the requirements for a parameter.

All errors devolve from that single error. Including the message about a
missing prototype.

On Nov 26, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Rishi Seth <rishiseth99@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Hi,

I tried to write RPGLE program so that i could directly first convert

key

field value from file K1 to ASCII and then ASCII to HEX using QDCXLATE

and

CVTHC APIs respectively but now the program itself is not getting

compiled.

eventhough fasterways are available using online links but to achieve

the

same functionality in AS400 program i was trying it.

please find the below link where i tried to read the file k1's field

KEY

and then tried to assign it's hex value to my openssl command but it

seems

program itself is not getting compiled.

*https://code.midrange.com/033903213b.html
<https://code.midrange.com/033903213b.html>*

Thanks

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 4:44 PM Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

To get the same value you will need to convert your data to ascii

before

converting to hex.

Store directly the hex in a char field and avoid all problems. The
previously converted field will use twice the space, but save you a

lot

of trouble.

El 2019-11-26 a las 07:35, Rishi Seth escribió:

Ok,thanks but program shown in this link is converting hex value
incorrectly if i compare it from
website link from below:
*https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/ascii-to-hex.html
<https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/ascii-to-hex.html>*

Hex value from program:-HEXEQUIVALENT =
'D196954081958440E2A4A28195406040D78199A3958599F4F0F0'

TESTSTRING = 'Jon and Susan - Partner400'

but HEX value as per below link is different for same text string ('

'Jon

and Susan - Partner400' ).

*https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/ascii-to-hex.html
<https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/ascii-to-hex.html>*

hex value :-4a 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 53 75 73 61 6e 20 2d 20 50 61 72

74

6e

65 72 34 30 30

I tried below link but it's not working showing same error :-

Message ID . . . . . . : RNQ0103 Severity . . . . . . . : 99

Message type . . . . . : Inquiry

Date sent . . . . . . : 19-11-26 Time sent . . . . . . :
11:18:22

Message . . . . : The target for a numeric operation is too small to

hold

the result (C G D F).

Cause . . . . . : RPG procedure RP4 in program RISHI/RP4 at

statement

123

performed an arithmetic operation which resulted in a value that is

too

large to fit in the target. If this is a numeric expression, the
overflow
could be the result of the calculation of some intermediate result.

Recovery . . . : Contact the person responsible for program

maintenance

to
determine the cause of the problem.

Possible choices for replying to message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.

:

D -- Obtain RPG formatted dump.

S -- Obtain system dump.

F -- Obtain full formatted dump.

More...

***********
Ideally HEX Value of the key(661e275OIM1ULYLJ) used here
is 363631653237354f494d31554c594c4a but program advised to use HEXAPI

is

giving wrong HEX value it's
giving value in debug mode like this :-HEXEQUIVALENT =
'F6F6F185F2F7F5D6C9D4F1E4D3E8D3D1 '

So that might be the reason my program is failing and giving above
mentioned error.

Thanks

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 11:20 AM Frank Kolmann <

frank.kolmann@xxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Hi

You could roll your own convert to hex routine.
A long time ago I coded a hex converter in RPG III.
This following is a port to RPG ILE
I havent run this code snippet I copied it from another program I

posted

in the wiki.
But the general idea is to calculate the index to the hex character

in

the CRS array by turning low order bits off then high order bits

off.

It converts the 1 byte FLD to hex in the string RU.

D DS
D BIN 1 2B 0
D HX1 2 2
D HX2 1 2

D RU S 255 varying
D FLD S 1
D X0F C X'0F'
D XF0 C X'F0'
D Z S 5 0
D CRS S 1 DIM(16) CTDATA PERRCD(16)

BIN = 0;
HX1 = FLD;
HX1 = %BITAND(HX1 : XF0);
Z = BIN / 16 + 1;
RU = RU + CRS(Z);

BIN = 0;
HX1 = FLD;
HX1 = %BITAND(HX1 : X0F);
Z = BIN + 1;
RU = RU + CRS(Z);

**
0123456789ABCDEF

Regards
Frank

On 26/11/2019 8:24 am, Rishi Seth wrote:

Hi,

Just realized i had put + sign incorrectly at this statement in my

program

which i shared in previous email link.

1. callp ToHex(HexEquivalent:+
2. KEY: %len(KEY)*2);

after removing it though it got compiled successfully but when

trying

to

run giving error

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