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<span class="pageSubtitle">Translate EBCDIC to ASCII</span> | <span class="pageSubtitle">Translate EBCDIC to ASCII</span> | ||
<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b> | <p class="warn"><b>Note:</b> Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the <var>$E2A</var> function is <var>[[EbcdicToAscii (String function)|EbcdicToAscii]]</var>. For a full list of string and numeric conversion functions, see [[List of String methods]] and [[List of Float methods]].</p> | ||
The <var>$E2A</var> function returns a string | The <var>$E2A</var> function returns a string that is the ASCII equivalent of the (presumed) EBCDIC input string. <var>$E2A</var> is [[Longstrings|Longstring]] capable, that is, it can receive an input Longstring and will produce an output Longstring. | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%ascii</span> = <span class="literal">$E2A</span>(<span class="term">ebcdic_val</span>) | <p class="syntax"><span class="term">%ascii</span> = <span class="literal">$E2A</span>(<span class="term">ebcdic_val</span>) </p> | ||
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<var class="term">%ascii</var> is set to the EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation of <var class="term">ebcdic_val</var>.</p> | <var class="term">%ascii</var> is a string set to the EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation of <var class="term">ebcdic_val</var>, the EBCDIC string to be translated.</p> | ||
==Usage notes== | ==Usage notes== | ||
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<li><var>$E2A</var> uses the Janus "STANDARD" ASCII-to-EBCDIC translation tables, and it provides no mechanism for overriding these tables. However, as described in [[Translate tables|translation tables]], you are able to modify the STANDARD tables if necessary. </li> | <li><var>$E2A</var> uses the Janus "STANDARD" ASCII-to-EBCDIC translation tables, and it provides no mechanism for overriding these tables. However, as described in [[Translate tables|translation tables]], you are able to modify the STANDARD tables if necessary. </li> | ||
<li>The <var>[[$Ascii]]</var> function provides the same type of translation as <var>$E2A</var>, but it is only available if the FUNU module is linked in, it does not use the Janus translation tables, and it is <em>not</em> Longstring capable. </li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:21, 11 January 2018
Translate EBCDIC to ASCII
Note: Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent for the $E2A function is EbcdicToAscii. For a full list of string and numeric conversion functions, see List of String methods and List of Float methods.
The $E2A function returns a string that is the ASCII equivalent of the (presumed) EBCDIC input string. $E2A is Longstring capable, that is, it can receive an input Longstring and will produce an output Longstring.
Syntax
%ascii = $E2A(ebcdic_val)
%ascii is a string set to the EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation of ebcdic_val, the EBCDIC string to be translated.
Usage notes
- The inverse of $E2A is $A2E.
- $E2A uses the Janus "STANDARD" ASCII-to-EBCDIC translation tables, and it provides no mechanism for overriding these tables. However, as described in translation tables, you are able to modify the STANDARD tables if necessary.
- The $Ascii function provides the same type of translation as $E2A, but it is only available if the FUNU module is linked in, it does not use the Janus translation tables, and it is not Longstring capable.