htoncs

htoncs

Converts an EBCDIC Character to ASCII

Portability: SAS/C extension

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
PORTABILITY
IMPLEMENTATION
RELATED FUNCTIONS

SYNOPSIS

#include <lclib.h>

int htoncs(int hostchar);

The synopsis for network use is as follows:

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

int htoncs(int hostchar);

DESCRIPTION

htoncs converts a single EBCDIC character hostchar to an ASCII character. High-order bits will be ignored in the input parameter. The name of this function, an abbreviation of "host to network character set," is analogous to the htonl and htons functions. ASCII is the predominant character set for text on TCP/IP networks, while EBCDIC is the predominant character set for text on OS/390 and CMS systems.

The htoncs function is provided to facilitate the writing of TCP/IP programs on OS/390 and CMS systems. You may find that other EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation routines are better suited to your requirements.

RETURN VALUE

htoncs returns the ASCII character corresponding to the input argument interpreted as an EBCDIC character.

PORTABILITY

htoncs is not portable; character set translation is seldom required in other environments.

IMPLEMENTATION

Refer to member L$USKCS in SASC.SOURCE (OS/390) or LSU MACLIB (CMS) for the translate table. This routine may be modified by the user.

RELATED FUNCTIONS

htonl , htons , ntohcs , ntohl , ntohs

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