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Informats

$HEXw. Informat



Converts hexadecimal data to character data.
Category: Character
See: $HEXw. Informat under Windows UNIX OpenVMS

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

$HEXw.


Syntax Description

w

specifies the number of digits of hexadecimal data.

If w=1, $HEXw. pads a trailing hexadecimal 0. If w is an odd number that is greater than 1, then $HEXw. reads w-1 hexadecimal characters.

Default: 2
Range: 1-32767

Details

The $HEXw. informat converts every two digits of hexadecimal data into one byte of character data. Use $HEXw. to encode hexadecimal values into a character variable when your input method is limited to printable characters.


Comparisons

The HEXw. informat reads two digits of hexadecimal data at a time and converts them into one byte of numeric data.


Examples

input @1 name $hex4.;

Data Line Results
----+----1
ASCII EBCDIC
6C6C
ll
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