HLASM Language Reference

| B2C('111111') has value '3'
| B2C('111111111') has value '1'
| B2C('') has value 'n' (EBCDIC null character)
| B2C('111') has value 'nj'
| B2C('') has value 'nn' (two EBCDIC nulls)
| B2C('') has value '' (null string)
| B2D
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
| Output: B2D('bitstring') converts a bit-string argument of at most 32 ''
| and '1' characters to one to ten decimal characters preceded by a plus or
| minus sign, representing the value of the argument. Null arguments return
| '+'.
| Examples
| B2D('') has value '+'
| B2D('111') has value '+145'
| B2D('11111') has value '+241'
| B2D('1111111111111111111111111111111') has value '+2147483647'
| B2D('11111111111111111111111111111') has value '-15'
| B2X
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
| Output: B2X('bitstring') converts the bit-string argument to hexadecimal
| 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 four.
| The operand must contain only ones and zeros. Any other value causes the
| message ASMA214E to be generated.
| Examples
| B2X('') has value '' (null string)
| B2X('') has value ''
| B2X('111') has value '91'
| B2X('11111') has value 'F1'
| B2X('1111111') has value '3F1'
BYTE
Format: Logical-expression, function-invocation
Operands: Arithmetic
Output: BYTE(aexpr) or (BYTE aexpr) returns a one-character EBCDIC
character expression in which the binary value of the character is specified by
the arithmetic argument. The argument must have a value between 0 and
255, inclusive.
This function might be used to introduce characters which are not on the
keyboard.
Examples
376 HLASM V1R5 Language Reference