$EBCDICw.

$EBCDICw.

Converts native format character data to EBCDIC representation

Category: Character

Alignment: left

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

$EBCDICw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the output field.

Default:	1
Range:	1-32767

Details

If EBCDIC is the native format, no conversion occurs.

Comparisons

On ASCII systems, $EBCDICw. converts ASCII character data to EBCDIC.
On all other systems, $EBCDICw. behaves like the $CHARw. format.

Examples

put name $ebcdic3.;

Values Results*

qrs

9899A2

QRS

D8D9E2

+;>

4E5E6E

*The results are shown as hexadecimal representations of EBCDIC codes for characters. Each two hexadecimal digits correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one character.

Values	Results*
qrs	9899A2
QRS	D8D9E2
+;>	4E5E6E
*The results are shown as hexadecimal representations of EBCDIC codes for characters. Each two hexadecimal digits correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one character.

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