Re: Re[2]: Passing Parms to an RPG Program

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True.  I guess I'd be inclined to call it a hexidecimal representation of
the bytes in memory where a packed decimal numeric field is stored.

It isn't necessarily a "character string", tho it is a "string" (of
bytes).  I guess the distinction between them is a fuzzy line if you're
using a single-byte character set :)


On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Paul Cunnane wrote:

> "BTW, somebody correct me if I'm wrong on calling X'057F' a hexadecimal 
> representation.  It's really a split-byte representation.  I.e. decimal 57 
> converts to hexadecimal 39."
>      
>      It's a hexadecimal representation of a string, but not exactly a hex 
>      representation of the number.  Probably the most accurate description 
>      is that it is a hexadecimal representation of a string containing a 
>      packed binary-coded decimal number.
>      
>      !!
>      
>      -- 
>      Paul Cunnane

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