That would be interesting code to see -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of robi...@dodo.com.au Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 2:34 AM To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: converting character to packed
Using TR in a different way omits the commas and decimal point, sign, and any other funny characters. To do this, you swap the roles of the translate table and the string being translated. ----- Original Message ----- From: "IBM Mainframe Assembler List" To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:24:18 -0400 Subject:Re: converting character to packed The TR command would leave all the non-numeric characters in the data, translated as you specified, so you'd have to have a technique to pass through the result to remove them. A TRT instruction would help you find the non-numeric characters, but in this case it would be considerably slower in execution than the character by character loop approaches suggested. If the original manually-entered data is not edited as it's entered, there could be many other characters besides "$",",","." and EBCDIC numeric characters in it. That's something TRT could check for. Gary Weinhold Senior Application Architect __________ On 2016-10-17 15:11, robi...@dodo.com.au wrote: Won't a TR followed by a PACK do this? Email sent using Dodo Webmail ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you
