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OCONV processor. Has following undocumented (and not very useful) features, left in for PICK compatibility.

    U50BB     Bug (doesn't work)
    U10DD     Returns SERIAL()
    U60E0     Returns @CRTWIDE
    U70E0     Turns echo on
    U80E0     Turns echo off

OCONV permits multiple data values separated by value marks. Thus to OCONV a dynamic array of dates it is not necessary to process each date in turn, rather the entire array can be OCONVed i.e.

Similarly, OCONV allows conversions to be stacked separated by value marks. Thus the expression

would print "04/06/85" as the 600000 would first be MD2ed to 6000 and then D2/Eed to 04/06/85.

Note that both data values AND conversions can be stacked but if this is done the stacking is not performed in a one to one manner - rather each data value is taken and converted through each of the conversions before the next data value is touched, thus

would return @ANS equal to :04/06/85" : @VM : "05/06/85".

Remember that OCONVing can be accomplished by implicit formatting, much in the same way that data formatting can be explicit or implicit (i.e. PRINT FMT(A,"L#10") is functionally equivalent to PRINT A "L#10"). Thus PRINT D "D2/E" is identical to PRINT OCONV(D,"D2/E") except that it is a lot easier to code!