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The DCTRAN function translates a single-byte or double-byte character within a character string to another character based on its decimal value. To use DCTRAN, you need to know the decimal equivalent of the characters in internal machine representation.
DCTRAN(length, source_string, inhexchar, outhexchar, output_format)
where:
Double
Is the number of characters in the source string .
Alphanumeric
Is the character string to be translated.
Double
Is the ASCII or EBCDIC decimal value of the character to be translated.
Double
Is the ASCII or EBCDIC decimal value of the character to be used as a substitute for inhexchar.
Alphanumeric
Is the name of the field that contains the result, or the format of the output value enclosed in single quotation marks.
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