Format Conversion Functions

Topics:

• ATODBL: Converting an Alphanumeric String to Double-Precision Format
• EDIT: Converting the Format of a Field
• FPRINT: Converting Fields to Alphanumeric Format
• FTOA: Converting a Number to Alphanumeric Format
• HEXBYT: Converting a Decimal Integer to a Character
• ITONUM: Converting a Large Number to Double-Precision Format
• ITOPACK: Converting a Large Binary Integer to Packed-Decimal Format
• ITOZ: Converting a Number to Zoned Format
• PCKOUT: Writing a Packed Number of Variable Length
• PTOA: Converting a Packed-Decimal Number to Alphanumeric Format
• TSTOPACK: Converting an MSSQL or Sybase Timestamp Column to Packed Decimal
• UFMT: Converting an Alphanumeric String to Hexadecimal
• XTPACK: Writing a Packed Number With Up to 31 Significant Digits to an Output File