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Re: Cobol - Ordinal Position/Control Character
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Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
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Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 30 May 2008 10:54:20 -0700
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Question posed:

>In a COBOL program, if I have this line:
>     compute var = function ord(<certain char>) - 161
>what does it actually compute?
>
>Also, if you happen to know too. Given that's how to compute
>a certain character (above equation), would you know the
>range of integer of control characters? Or even just the
>ordinal position of all control characters [function ord()]?

I hate to be so bold, but you should just read the cobol documentation
found online at docs.hp.com. All will be revealed.

duane

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