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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:31 am Post subject: converting byte string to character or hexadecimal string

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I have a variable defined by system as :

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** Message identifier
15 MQMD-MSGID PIC X(24) VALUE LOW-VALUES.

The MQ Queue Manager generates Message id automatically in this field and when i try to display this field i have some none displayable characters in the output and basically it is byte string rather than a character string.My intention is to display the field in Displayable format to read properly in a report.Is there any function in COBOL which can convert to what i am asking for , even displaying in hexadecimal will also do for me.

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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject:

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even displaying in hexadecimal will also do for me

That it is doing already !

If you want to see the actual value, try doing HEX ON after exporting (CSQUTIL, maybe) to a dataset.
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