Jim

Try this:

 01  char10           pic x(10) value "ABC123xyz!".
 01  binval-x.
     05  binval       pic s9(9) comp.
 01  hexval           pic x(20).

     move char10(1:4) to binval-x.
     call intrinsic "dascii" using \binval\ \16\ hexval(1:).
     move char10(5:4) to binval-x.
     call intrinsic "dascii" using \binval\ \16\ hexval(9:).
     move char10(7:4) to binval-x.
     call intrinsic "dascii" using \binval\ \16\ hexval(13:).
     display hexval.

Note that dascii works on 4 bytes at a time so I overlapped the
the second and third call (1st call does bytes 1-4, 2nd does
5-8, and 3rd does 7-10).

Alan

Jim Chance wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to display a character X(10) field
> within a COBOL program using the display command to force
> the resulting value in HEX?
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