Date:         Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:52:38 +0100
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From:         Nigel Pain <Nigel.Pain@SCOTLAND.GSI.GOV.UK>
Subject:      Re: Convert characters to ASCII and back?
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Fifth edition? With that pedigree I'd think something earlier than Raptor
:-). Mine's eighth edition, Feb. 1989!

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William W. Viergever [mailto:wwvierg@attglobal.net]
> Sent: 27 July 2001 17:04
> To: Nigel.Pain@scotland.gsi.gov.uk; SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Convert characters to ASCII and back?
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> At 02:45 PM 7/27/2001 +0100, Nigel Pain wrote:
> ></snip>
> >
> >As EBCDIC uses only hex values where the units digit is 1-9
> for letters,
> >there must be some way of testing for this simply and ruling
> out hex values
> >outwith those ranges - use of MOD(value,16)? You'd also have to do a
> >straight test for "E1"x as well.
> >
> >You can tell the dinosaurs by the possession of the yellow System/370
> >Reference, can't you :-). Mine is well dog-eared, especially
> as it contains
> >ASCII and hex-decimal conversions to boot.
>
>
> Hmmm? Let's see:
>
> IBM System/370 Reference Summary, Fifth Edition (October
> 1981) ... w/ the
> horizontal Black racing stripe??
>
> You can call me Raptor!
>
> <vbg>
>
> P.S. Dog-eared is an understatement!
>
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