BINTOSTR( ) function
Returns Unicode character data converted from ZONED or EBCDIC character data. Abbreviation for "Binary to String".
Note:
This function is specific to the Unicode edition of Analytics. It is not a supported function in the non-Unicode edition.
Syntax
BINTOSTR(string, string_type)
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
string | character | The ZONED or EBCDIC value that you want to convert to Unicode character encoding. |
string_type | character |
The format to convert from. You must specify one of the following values:
|
Output
Character.
Examples
Basic examples
The expression ZONED(-6448,4) converts the value -6448 to the character format "644Q", however the Unicode edition of Analytics requires that you convert the output of ZONED( ) to Unicode characters using BINTOSTR( ).
Returns "644Q" in Unicode format:
BINTOSTR(ZONED(-6448,4), "A")
Remarks
When to use BINTOSTR( )
Use this function to convert return values from the ZONED( ) and EBCDIC( ) functions to a Unicode value.
Note
If this function is not applied to the return values of ZONED( ) and EBCDIC( ) in Unicode editions of Analytics, then they are displayed incorrectly because the encoding is not interpreted correctly.