CTRL+C - Character Value

Displays the hexadecimal and decimal value of the current character.

Note

On some systems (by default), CTRL+C is interpreted as equivalent to the BREAK key. To change this, it is necessary to set the environment variable REALBREAK to something else (or to null).

Command

CTRL+C

Action

When you press CTRL+C in Edit Mode, the Status/Command Line displays the current line number, the character at the cursor position, and the hexadecimal and decimal values of the character.

The Status/Command Line display remains until you enter another Screen Editor command. Moving the cursor does not affect the display line.

Comments

The Character Value command is especially useful for determining the value of control characters, blanks, value marks and subvalue marks. It eliminates the need to exit from the edit session and perform a hex dump of the item to determine character values.

Example

Current line.

0012 0014]002E]023F

Press CTRL+C. The Status/Command Line displays:

Line#=12 Char=] Hex=FD Dec=253

The display shows that the ']' at the cursor position is a value mark (VM) and not simply the right bracket (]) character (Hex 5B).