Converts character data to octal representation.
| Category: | Character |
| Alignment: | Left |
specifies the width of the output field.
| Default | The default width is calculated based on the length of the variable to be printed. |
| Range | 1–32767 |
| Tip | Because each character value generates three octal characters, increase the value of w by three times the length of the character value. |
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Statements
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Results
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select put ('art', $octal15.); |
141162164 |
select put ('rice', $octal15.); |
162151143145 |
select put ('bank', $octal15.); |
142141156153 |