ASCII

The ASCII function converts all the characters in the expression from the EBCDIC character set to the ASCII character set.

COMMAND SYNTAX

    ASCII(expression)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

The expression may return a data string of any form. The function will then assume that the characters are all members of the EBCDIC character set and translate them using a character map. The original expression is unchanged while the returned result of the function is now the ASCII equivalent.

EXAMPLE

Create the file test.txt in hex editor containing the following characters (in hex): 

     C8 85 93 93 96 40 91 C2 C3

Run the following program: 

       OSREAD the_line FROM 'test.txt' ELSE NULL
       CRT ASCII(the_line)

Output: 

     Hello jBC

Last update: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:34