Transform ascii codes into characters

*(Q) I have string variables containg numbers. These numbers are ascii characters in group of 2.
	Case #1 below is actually 79 80 69 78 etc. The corresponding letters are "OPEN".
	

*(A) Posted to SPSS newsgroup by Bjarte Aagnes on 2002/02/27
	Hi, here is a variant, building on Braner's and Fry's
	contributions. 

DATA LIST /mystr (A30).
BEGIN DATA.
7980697832697868
6578798472698232838482737871
END DATA.

COMP #adj=0.
LOOP #pos = 1 TO 30 by 2.
COMP SUB(mystr,#pos-#adj,1)=STRING(NUMBER(SUB(mystr,#pos,2),N2),PIB1).
COMP #adj=#adj+1.
END LOOP.
LIST.