Re: Passing a packed field into a command string

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Duh ... you're absolutely correct. Getting my bytes and nybles mixed up.

I knew I went to bed too late last night.


Jon Paris

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> On Oct 11, 2017, at 2:22 PM, Brian Johnson <brian.johnson.mn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I don't see why not.  For example (assuming CCSID 37) for a
> packed(3:0) with value 146 you would have x'146F', right?  Viewed as
> characters that would be an SO and '?'.
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Given that SO (X'14') and SI (X'15') can't occur in a packed number, the technique I described of using a DS to "convert" packed to character would appear to be a valid approach. But as you note it wouldn't work for an integer.
>
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