DASCII

For octal conversions (base=8), 11 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 (base=10), binvalue is considered a 32-bit twos complement integer ranging from -2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647. 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.

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), 8 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 asciieqv will be 00000020.