Guess I posed the question wrong. I needed to convert IBM's packed
decimals to an ascii string of numbers. Say in 4 byes I have a value
0x1234567C
I need to see this value as '1234567' , the last 0xC being a sign
indicator. I foud out that hex() can do this.
However even before this is a problem. When I get the file from the
mainframe, it has already been converted to ASCII but these hex values
will be translated to some unintelligble characters.
This is a mess! I need to think through this. Firstly I need to know how
the mainframe converts these packed decimals into ascii.
Apologize for the inconvenience, fellow PMers!
Bob Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
08/15/2003 07:04 PM
To: Ranga Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc:
Subject: [Boston.pm] Separating out hexadecimals
From: Ranga Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 18:46:03 -0700
I need to separate each hexadecimal (4 bit) into a separate byte.
e.g 0x1234567C
is to be separated into ascii '1', '2', ...'C'
I think this requires bit string manipulation.
Can someone lead me to a solution? I am drawing a blank on what
function
to use!
my @chars = split(//, $string);
[Don't feel bad; I've had days like that, too.]
-- Bob Rogers
http://rgrjr.dyndns.org/
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