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Part 2 Programs
z VAL (Convert character string data; decimal)
Command, declaration
Extension condition
(LD, A, O, AB, OB)
Input condition
(I/O, flag)
Command,
declaration
Operand 1 Operand 2
Output
(Output, flag)
Optional Optional VAL
Variable
number
Column
number,
character literal
CC
[Function] Convert the decimal data in the column specified in operand 2 to a binary and assign the
result to the variable specified in operand 1.
Conversion will be performed for the length set by a SLEN command.
If a character-string literal is specified in operand 2, conversion will be performed for the
entire length of the literal.
(Note) Keep the converting length to 18 characters or less.
[Example] SCPY 10 ‘1234’ Set ‘1234’ in column 10.
SLEN 4 Set the converting length to four bytes.
VAL 1 10 Assign 1234, which is a binary converted from ‘1234’ in
column 10, to variable 1.
LET 1 100 Assign 100 to variable 1.
LET 2 20 Assign 20 to variable 2.
SCPY 20 ‘1234’ Copy ‘1234’ to column 20.
SCPY 24 ‘.567’ Copy ‘.567’ to column 24.
SLEN 8 Set the converting length to eight bytes.
VAL *1 *2 Assign 1234.567, which is a binary converted from
‘1234.567’ in the content of variable 2 (column 20) to the
content of variable 1 (variable 100).