OCTET STRING Type in NCL Programming

The OCTET STRING type is used to contain any data where no formatting is required.
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The OCTET STRING type is used to contain any data where no formatting is required.
External Form - Input
Any data.
External Form - Output
Data is returned unchanged.
Local Form and Behavior
Data is stored as is. If the component has a fixed length exceeding that of the input string, the data is left-aligned, and all unreferenced bytes are set to X'00'. If the component cannot contain the number of input bytes supplied, a data check results.