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The BITVAL function evaluates a string of bits within a character string. The bit string can be any group of bits within the character string and can cross byte and word boundaries. The function evaluates the subset of bits in the string as an integer value.
If the number of bits is:
BITVAL(source_string, startbit, number, output)
where:
Alphanumeric
Is the character string to be evaluated.
Integer
Is the number of the first bit in the bit string, counting from the left-most bit in the character string. If this argument is less than or equal to 0, the function returns a value of zero.
Integer
Is the number of bits in the subset of bits. If this argument is less than or equal to 0, the function returns a value of zero.
Integer
BITVAL evaluates the bits 12 through 20 of LAST_NAME and stores the result in a column with the format I5:
BITVAL(LAST_NAME, 12, 9, 'I5')
For SMITH, the result is 332.
For JONES, the result is 365.
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