WCHARVAL Function

Purpose

Returns a WIDECHAR(1) character value corresponding to an integer value.

WCHARVAL(x)

x is an expression converted to SIGNED FIXED BIN (15).

Note: UNSIGNED FIXED BIN (16) is not a currently supported data type.

The WCHARVAL function converts an expression to FIXED BIN(15) and returns the corresponding WIDECHAR(1) character.

DCL WC WCHAR (1);
DCL C  CHAR (1);

WC = WCHARVAL(65);
PUT SKIP LIST (HEX(WC));   /* 0041 */
C = WC;
PUT SKIP LIST(C);          /* A    */

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