OCTAL2ASCII

OCTAL2ASCII

The OCTAL2ASCII library routine converts an octal number to a string according to the ASCII table.

Syntax:

CALL "OCTAL2ASCII" USING octalValue

asciiValue

Parameters:

octalValue	PIC 9(8)	Specifies the octal number to be converted. Valid values range from 0 to 177777.
asciiValue	PIC X(2)	Receives the converted ASCII string.

Examples:

Example - Convert Octal value to ascii characters

*> define oct-value as pic 9(8)

*> define asc-value as pic x(2)

move 00040501 to oct-value

move spaces to asc-value

call "octal2ascii" using oct-value asc-value

*> asc-value will contain "AA"