The EBCDIC and ASCII zoned decimal formats produce the same printable representation of numbers. There are two nibbles per byte, each indicated by a hexadecimal digit. For example, the value 15 is ...

The numbers are typically represented in decimal (see ASCII chart) or in hexadecimal (see hex chart). THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

So suppose we are going to grab a bunch of three-digit decimal numbers from ... since they are probably in ASCII already. If they aren’t, you just add 30 hex to each digit and you are done.

The EBCDIC and ASCII zoned decimal formats produce the same printable representation of numbers. There are two nibbles per byte, each indicated by a hexadecimal digit. For example, the value 15 is ...