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OCTET STRING Type

The OCTET STRING type is used to contain any data where no formatting is required.

External Form - Input

Any data.

External Form - Output

Data is returned unchanged.

Local Form and Behavior

Data is stored as is. If the component has a fixed length exceeding that of the input string, the data is left-aligned, and all unreferenced bytes are set to X'00'. If the component cannot contain the number of input bytes supplied, a data check results.