&HEXPACK

Returns a character string that is the EBCDIC encoding of the supplied hexadecimal values.

&HEXPACK hexstring1 [ hexstring2 .... hexstringn ]

&HEXPACK is a built-in function and must be used to the right of an assignment statement.

Operands:

hexstring1 [ hexstring2 .... hexstringn ]

A series of hexadecimal strings for conversion. Each string must contain only valid hexadecimal characters (0 to 9, A to F). If there is an odd number of characters within a string, that string is padded on the left with a zero before conversion.

The converted strings are concatenated into a single value. A string can contain hexadecimal representations of non-displayable characters for conversion to their hexadecimal equivalent. This lets you assign true hexadecimal values into variables.

Examples: &HEXPACK

&1 = &HEXPACK C1C2C3C4  -* &1 is set to ABCD

&Z = &HEXPACK 03FF 0D25  -* &Z is set to X'03FF0D25'

Notes:

The total sum of the concatenated variables or constants cannot exceed the maximum size for one variable.

&HEXPACK is used in the following ways:
To allow true hexadecimal values to be passed to &CALL programs
On &SECCALL EXIT variables
For sending to LU1 devices using &WRITE
Invalid hexadecimal characters will result in a procedure error.

More information:

&WRITE

&HEXEXP