&HEXEXP

Returns a hexadecimal string that is the expansion of the supplied text according to EBCDIC encoding.

&HEXEXP text

&HEXEXP provides a means of converting a character string to its hexadecimal equivalent.

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

Operands:

text: The character string for conversion, which is regarded as starting one blank after the &HEXEXP keyword.

Examples:

&1 = &HEXEXP ABCD  -* &1 will be set to C1C2C3C4

&Z = &HEXEXP 3C    -* &Z will be set to F3C3

Note:

&HEXPACK provides the reverse facility. The maximum length of a character string that is expanded is 128 bytes.