[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone have experience converting packed decimal data from MVS into
> readable ASCII format for UNIX (AIX)?
>
> If so, drop me a line (Please).
I taught IBM assembly language years ago.
I can tell you what packed decimal represents if you have
a hexadecimal dump of the data, but I have no program
that converts it. Here goes:
Packed decimal look sort of like decimal numbers in a
hexadecimal dump, except that there is a sign that follows
the digits that only someone who knows old IBM data formats
would understand its background. A sign of "F" or "C"
represents a positive number, and "D" represents negative.
Examples:
Packed Decimal
(as shown in hex.) ASCII (as printable characters)
03 45 6F 3456 (positive)
78 90 1C 78901 (positive)
12 34 5D -12345
I still have my BAL (IBM assembly language)
textbook gathering dust on the shelf if you need
more details.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Sherneatha G. Youngblood
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> IBM Global Services
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