Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual (G06.25+)

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CONVERTASCIIEBCDIC Procedure

Summary

Syntax for C Programmers

Syntax for TAL Programmers

Parameters

Summary

This procedure translates the 256 EBCDIC encodings to and from the 256 8-bit ASCII

encodings. For more information, refer to Appendix K, Character Set Translation

Syntax for C Programmers

Syntax for TAL Programmers

Parameters

buffer input

STRING .EXT:ref:*

points to the start of an array of characters to be translated.

count input

INT:value

specifies the number of characters to convert, in the range 0 through 65535.

translation input

INT:value

specifies the following translations:

0: None

1: EBCDIC to ASCII

2: ASCII to EBCDIC

#include <cextdecs(CONVERTASCIIEBCDIC)>

void CONVERTASCIIEBCDIC ( const char* buffer

,const unsigned short count

,const short translation);

CALL CONVERTASCIIEBCDIC ( buffer !i

,count ! i

,translation); ! i