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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Jeremy A. Arnold, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott A. Moore, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory A. Olson, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric J. Stec, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeremy A. Arnold, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott A. Moore, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory A. Olson, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric J. Stec, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an indicator is set to indicate that all of a plurality of most significant bytes of characters in a character array are zero. A first index and an input character are received. The input character comprises a first most significant byte and a first least significant byte. The first most significant byte is stored at a first storage location and the first least significant byte is stored at a second storage location, wherein the first storage location and the second storage location have non-contiguous addresses. If the first most significant byte does not equal zero, the indicator is set to indicate that at least one of a plurality of most significant bytes of the characters in the character array is non-zero. The character array comprises the first most significant byte and the first least significant byte.