One way I know converts one character at a time so would not be good for
large numbers of characters, or high frequency. In these cases an
assembler routine would be better.
01 FILLER.
02 HEX-SUB PIC S9(4) COMP VALUE ZERO.
02 FILLER REDEFINES HEX-SUB.
03 FILLER PIC X(01).
03 HEX-SUB-BYTE PIC X(01).
02 HEX-IN.
03 HEX-IN-A PIC X(01).
03 HEX-IN-B PIC X(01).
03 HEX-IN-C PIC X(01).
03 HEX-IN-D PIC X(01).
02 CHAR-OUT.
03 CHAR-OUT-A PIC X(02).
03 CHAR-OUT-B PIC X(02).
03 CHAR-OUT-C PIC X(02).
03 CHAR-OUT-D PIC X(02).
02 HEX-DATA.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '808182838485868788898A8B8C8D8E8F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE '909192939495969798999A9B9C9D9E9F'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE 'A0A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9AAABACADAEAF'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE 'B0B1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8B9BABBBCBDBEBF'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE 'C0C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9CACBCCCDCECF'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE 'D0D1D2D3D4D5D6D7D8D9DADBDCDDDEDF'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE 'E0E1E2E3E4E5E6E7E8E9EAEBECEDEEEF'.
03 PIC X(32) VALUE 'F0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9FAFBFCFDFEFF'.
02 FILLER REDEFINES HEX-DATA.
03 HEX-BYTE OCCURS 256 TIMES PIC X(02).
MOVE SPACES TO CHAR-OUT.
MOVE EIBFN TO HEX-IN.
MOVE ZEROES TO HEX-SUB.
MOVE HEX-IN-A TO HEX-SUB-BYTE.
ADD 1 TO HEX-SUB.
MOVE HEX-BYTE (HEX-SUB) TO CHAR-OUT-A.
MOVE ZEROES TO HEX-SUB.
MOVE HEX-IN-B TO HEX-SUB-BYTE.
ADD 1 TO HEX-SUB.
MOVE HEX-BYTE (HEX-SUB) TO CHAR-OUT-B.
Etc.
Craig
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:42 PM
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Subject: Displaying hexdecimal content of field in Cobol
Aside from writing and CALLing a trivial assembler routine, is there any
way to display the
hexadecimal content of a field in a COBOL program using COBOL syntax?
John Krew
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