ASCII2OCTAL

The ASCII2OCTAL library routine converts a string to an octal number according to the ASCII table.

Syntax:

CALL "ASCII2OCTAL" USING asciiValue                            octalValue

Parameters:

asciiValue	PIC X(2)	Contains the ASCII characters to be converted. If characters outside the ASCII table are passed, results are unpredictable.
octalValue	PIC 9(8)	Receives the octal value of asciiValue.

Notes:

The routine always converts both characters in asciiValue. To convert a single character make sure that the first byte contains 0x00. If asciiValue contains spaces, their value 0x20 will be converted to octal.

MOVE X"00" TO asciiValue(1:1) MOVE "A" TO asciiValue(2:1) CALL "ASCII2OCTAL" USING asciiValue, octalValue | Returns 101

Examples:

Example - Convert "AZ" state code to its representation in OCTAL

*> asciiValue should be pic x(n) *> octalValue should be pic 9(n) and have double the length of the  *> asciiValue   move "AZ" to asciiValue call "ascii2octal" using asciiValue                           octalValue   *> octalValue will contain 00040532