CHR_MTOA

Translate a string from the machine’s characters set to ASCII

Description:

The string STR1, encoded in the host machine’s character set, is returned in STR2 translated into a form which can be written and subsequently read correctly by a machine which uses the ASCII character set.

Invocation

CALL CHR_MTOA( STR1, STR2 )

Arguments

STR1 = CHARACTER ( ) (Given)
A string represented by the host machine’s character set.
STR2 = CHARACTER ( ) (Returned)
A string represented by the ASCII character set. If STR2 is shorter than STR1, the translated string will be truncated; if STR2 is longer than STR1, STR2 will be padded with blanks beyond the translated string.