Chapter 2: Bridged Functions

charTrans

Description

Allows you to call the CharTranslate built-in function within a message AIM, rather than including it in a production object. If source and targets are not properly defined, a error message states that it could not find the target.

Syntax

charTrans (&data,'\000', “ASCII”, “T-11 EBCDIC”);

Parameter	Description
&data	Defines the incoming data to be translated. Can be string or blob datatype.
‘\000’	Sets the mode variable. Set to `\000` to fail if a character cannot be translated. Set to `\002` to use the default value if the character cannot be translated.
ASCII	String that defines the source from which any character set is translated; for example, the ASCII character set.
T-11 EBCDIC	String that defines the target to which any character set is translated; for example, the T-11 EBCDIC character set.

Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 for success, and 0 for failure.

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