Re: Convert character data to 2 byte hex value

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Bipes wrote:
> For instance I have a 16 byte character field with binary data
> and I want to turn it into a 32 byte character field that is the
> hex representation of the field.  Have any of you written such a
> beast?  I suppose I could create a 256 byte array with the values
> "00" to "FF" and convert each character field to a binary field.
> Is there an API that can make my job easier?

  Probably in many cases just a language builtin function based on 
or using the CVTCH MI instruction itself should suffice versus 
calling an API to accomplish that task; e.g. C2X(), HEX(). 
Depending on where there is the need, there may be a function 
already available; e.g. in message handling for data logged in a job 
message queue strings may be implicitly converted to hex when not 
character data and message variables can be explicitly designated to 
format as *HEX.

Regards, Chuck