INTEGER-TO-X-LITERAL( ) Convert integer to X literal

Domain: Conversion functions

The INTEGER-TO-X-LITERAL( ) function converts an integer to an X literal containing the 4-byte long coding.

INTEGER-TO-X-LITERAL( ) is the inverse function to X-LITERAL-TO-INTEGER( ).

Format

INTEGER-TO-X-LITERAL( )

INT-TO-X-LIT( )

INTEGER = arithm_expression

Result type

STRING

Input parameters

INTEGER = arithm_expression
Specifies the number or resulting value of expression to be converted

Result

String containing an X literal.

Error message

No error messages

Example

/DECLARE-VARIABLE A( TYPE= *STRING )
/DECLARE-VARIABLE B( TYPE= *INTEGER )
/A = INT-TO-X-LIT( -235736076 )
/SHOW-VARIABLE A
A = X'F1F2F3F4'
/B = X-LIT-TO-INT(&(A)) &* take account of & replacement
/SHOW-VARIABLE B
B = -235736076
/B = X-LIT-TO-INT('1234')
/SHOW-VARIABLE B
B = -235736076
/A = INT-TO-X-LIT( 0 )
/SHOW-VARIABLE A
A = X'00000000'