ASCII

For octal conversions, binvalue must be a 16-bit unsigned integer.

For decimal conversions, binvalue must be a 16-bit signed integer.

For hexadecimal conversions, binvalue must be a 16-bit unsigned integer

For octal conversions (base=8), 6 characters (including leading zeros) are returned; numchar returns the number of significant (right-justified) characters (excluding leading zeros). If binvalue=0, the length returned is 1.

For decimal conversions, binvalue is considered a 16-bit, twos complement integer ranging from -32768 to +32767. If binvalue=0, only one zero character is returned in asciieqv; numchar returns the total number of characters (including the sign). For example, if binvalue=0, the length returned is 1; and if binvalue=327, the length returned is 3.

For decimal left-justified conversions (base=10), leading zeros are removed, and the numeric ASCII result is left-justified in asciieqv; the most significant digit (or the "-" sign) is in asciieqv(1), the next most significant digit is in asciieqv(2), and so on.

For decimal right-justified conversions (base=-10), the result is right-justified in asciieqv; the least significant digit is in asciieqv(-1), the next least significant digit is in asciieqv(-2), and so on.

For right-justified conversions, the character array where the converted value is to be placed must specify the rightmost byte where data is placed. For example, if asciieqv is a 10 byte array declared as:

   VAR

   MYSTRING : ARRAY [1..10] OF CHAR;

then you must specify it in the ASCII intrinsic call as follows (for right justification):

   NUMCHAR:=ASCII(VALUE,-10&

   ,WADDRESS(MYSTRING[10]));

The result is right-justified in asciieqv, with the rightmost digit of the result contained in the last (rightmost) byte of asciieqv.

For hexadecimal conversions (base=16), 4 characters (including leading zeros) are returned. The digits can be 0..9 and A..F. Numchar returns the number of significant (right-justified) characters (excluding leading zeros). For example, if binvalue=32, numchar is 2 and asciiqv will be 0020.