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MVS_blob
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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: REXX: Hex to Character Conversion Problem |
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Hi all,
I've got a snippet of code that converts Hex to Char.
Pretty basic...
When text = '000F', the conversion works fine.
When text = '016F', the conversion works fine.
When text = '344F', the conversion works fine.
When text = '419F', the conversion works fine.
...etc
BUT..
When text = '435F', the conversion comes out to:
Have I hit a limit? Can anyone explain this discrepency?
P.S I need to use 'F' instead of 'C' as I'm performing a comparison afterward where the hex value contains an 'F'. |
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semigeezer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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say c2x(x2c('435f')) seems to work fine. Can you post a small snippet of code that shows the problem start to finish?
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warp5
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:02 am Post subject: |
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| You are converting hex values to character values and displaying them. The terminal has to be able to display those values. If you convert F1F2 you would get 12, C1C2 gives you AB, but you are converting special characters that may or may not be properly displayed on your terminal, and might be special functions. |
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MVS_blob
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:38 am Post subject: REXX: Hex to Character Conversion Problem |
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Interesting...
I just ran this code:
| Code: | /* REXX */
TEXT1 = '419F'
TEXT2 = '435F'
TEXT1_NEW = X2C(TEXT1)
TEXT2_NEW = X2C(TEXT2)
SAY 'TEXT1:' TEXT1 'TEXT1_NEW:' TEXT1_NEW
SAY 'TEXT2:' TEXT2 'TEXT2_NEW:' TEXT2_NEW
EXIT
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Results (HEX ON):
[code:1:91d22caa6d] TEXT1: 419F TEXT1_NEW: |
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danm
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: |
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It works correctly when I ran the macro.
[code:1:a94140ae88]
TEXT1: 419F TEXT1_NEW: |
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semigeezer
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Works for me too. Sounds like some kind of translation table problem within the ISPF setup. I don't think the setting for CAPS should matter but you might try it with CAPS ON vs CAPS OFF. Or try a different terminal type (type SETTINGS)
I tried these and it made no difference, but ...
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MVS_blob
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Geezer,
You were right. CAPS OFF fixed the problem.
Thanks!  |
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dbzTHEdinosauer
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: |
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blob,
that's semigeezer.
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