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Source Field Type xstring

Numeric Target Fields

Target Conversion
i, (b, s) Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.
p Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.
decfloat16, decfloat34 Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.
f Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.

Character-Like Target Fields

Target Conversion
c Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with blanks.
string Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the length of the target field is also 0 after the assignment.
d Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with the character "0".
t Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with the character "0".

Byte-Like Target Fields

Target Conversion
n Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with the character "0".
x Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with hexadecimal 0.
xstring Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x. If the length of the source field is 0, the length of the target field is also 0 after the assignment.