HLASM Language Reference

| C2B
BYTE()
BYTE(97)
BYTE(129)
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
has value 'n' (EBCDIC null character)
has value '/'
has value 'a'
| Output: C2B('charstring') converts the character argument to a string of ''
| and '1' characters representing the same bit pattern. Null arguments return
| a null string.
| If the result is not too long, the length of the result is eight times the length of
| the 'charstring' argument.
| Examples
| C2B('') has value ''
| C2B('n') has value ''
| C2B(' ') has value '1'
| C2B('1') has value '11111'
| C2B('1234') has value '111111111111111111111'
| C2D
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
| Output: C2D('charstring') converts a character-string argument of at most
| four characters to one to ten decimal characters preceded by a plus or minus
| sign, representing the numeric value of the argument. Null arguments return
| '+'.
| Examples
| C2D('') has value '+'
| C2D('nj') has value '+145'
| C2D('1') has value '+241'
| C2D('') has value '-2526451
| C2X
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
| Output: C2X('charstring') converts the character-string argument to
| hexadecimal characters representing the same bit pattern. Null arguments
| return a null string.
| If the result is not too long, the length of the result is two times the length of
| the 'charstring' argument.
| Examples
| C2X('') has value ''
| C2X('n') has value ''
| C2X('1') has value 'F1'
| C2X('a') has value '81'
| C2X('1234567R') has value 'F1F2F3F4F5F6F7D9'
| D2B
| Format: Function-invocation
| Operands: Character
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