HLASM Language Reference

| A2C
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Arithmetic
| Output: A2C(aexpr)
| converts the value of its arithmetic argument to a string of four characters
| whose bit pattern is the same as the argument's.
| Examples
| A2C() has value 'nnnn' (4 EBCDIC nulls)
| A2C(241) has value 'nnn1'
| A2C(246) has value 'nn++'
| A2C(-252645136) has value ''
| A2D
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Arithmetic
| Output: A2D(aexpr) converts the value of its arithmetic argument to a string
| of decimal digits preceded by a plus or minus sign.
| Note: The A2D function is similar to the SIGNED function, except that A2D
| always provides an initial sign character.
| Examples
| A2C() has value '+'
| A2C(241) has value '+241'
| A2C(16448) has value '+16448'
| A2C(-3) has value '-3'
| A2X
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Arithmetic
| Output: A2X(aexpr) converts the value of its arithmetic argument to a string
| of eight hexadecimal characters.
| Examples
| A2X() has value ''
| A2X(1) has value 'A'
| A2X(257) has value '11'
| A2X(122) has value '3FE'
| A2X(-7) has value 'FFFFFFF9'
| B2C
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
| Output: B2C('bitstring') converts the bit-string character argument to
| characters representing the same bit pattern. Null arguments return a null
| string.
| If needed, the argument string is padded internally on the left with zeros so
| that its length is a multiple of eight.
| The operand must contain only ones and zeros. Any other value causes the
| message ASMA214E to be generated.
| Examples
Chapter 9. How to Write Conditional Assembly Instructions 375