On a mainframe a small assembly-language routine that uses a TRTO instruction to views what you have as a DBCS and translates it into an SBCS, x'0000' to x'00', x'0100' to x'01', x'0200' into x'02', etc., would do what needs to be done.
Be aware that C and other languages that support C's strings of "conceptually unlimited length" use nuls to delimit EOS. The TRTO table entry for x'0000'==>x'00' is thus very important. This routine could also be written in PL/I, which has a BIF for DBCS-to-SBCS translation. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA On 12/29/11, Brad Wissink <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a client that is trying to transfer us a file and it is loaded with > nulls. They say that is the way it comes from the purchased software they > have on their workstation. The file has a null character inserted after > every character so it looks like this > > 1 12/29/2011 becomes > F1004000F100F2006100F200F9006100F200F000F100F100....... > > Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is there a quick and easy way to > remove all the nulls? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
