!DUMP()

The !DUMP() subroutine shows string data in hexadecimal and character form.

Format

CALL !DUMP(text {, lptr})

where

The !DUMP() subroutine is intended to be used as a diagnostic aid in programs that work with binary data. The text string is reported in the same form as use of the DUMP command to show the contents of a database record.

00000000: 43 61 72 74 77 72 69 67 68 74 2C 20 44 FE 37 20 | Cartwright, D^7

00000010: 53 70 72 69 6E 67 20 47 72 6F 76 65 FD 4E 6F 74 | Spring Grove]Not

00000020: 74 69 6E 67 68 61 6D FE 31 2D 31 FD 33 2D 31    | tingham^1-1]3-1

In an ECS mode system, if the data contains any characters outside the 8-bit set, each character is shown as four hexadecimal digits. The above example becomes

00000000: 0043 0061 0072 0074 0077 0072 0069 0067  | Cartwrig

00000008: 0068 0074 002C 0020 0044 00FE 0037 0020  | ht, D^7

00000010: 0053 0070 0072 0069 006E 0067 0020 0047  | Spring G

00000018: 0072 006F 0076 0065 00FD 004E 006F 0074  | rove]Not

00000020: 0074 0069 006E 0067 0068 0061 006D 00FE  | tingham^

00000028: 0031 002D 0031 00FD 0033 002D 0031       | 1-1]3-1