From: Todd Burch <promos@...>
Date: 2007-05-11T02:52:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble using string.tr()

Todd Burch wrote:
> Here's another twist.
> 
> If I set
> 
> instring = 0xF1.chr + 0xF2.chr + 0x4B.chr + 0xF3.chr + 0xF4.chr
> 
> which is ebcdic for "12.34", I get "45.67" in ascii.   It looks like 
> something (  tr() maybe?  ) is swallowing characters.
> 

Moving the numbers to the front of the FROM_STRING and the TO_STRING has 
solved the problem with the 12.34 getting turned into 45.67 - but I 
suspect I have just moved the error to someplace else.

Todd

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