Exactly. Hexadecimal is a way of describing the content of data, not a type of content. The phrase the documentation author was looking for was "unprintable character," but Peter's phrasing is superior.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Hunkeler Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 11:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: AW: Re: ENQ rname_addr description > The RNAME must be from 1 to 255 bytes long, and can contain any > hexadecimal character from X'00' to X'FF'. To me a character is a character, thus a "hexadecimal character" would be one of {C'a', ..., C'f', C'A', ..., C'F', C'0', ..., C'9' }. Why not "... 255 bytes long, and can contain bytes of any value, i.e. x'00' to x'FF'" -- Peter Hunkeler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
