$EBCDICw.

$EBCDICw.

Converts EBCDIC character data to native format

Category: Character

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Comparisons
Examples

Syntax

$EBCDICw.

Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default:	1 if the length of the variable is undefined; otherwise, the length of the variable
Range:	1-32767

Details

If EBCDIC is the native format, no conversion occurs.

Comparisons

On an IBM mainframe system, $EBCDICw. behaves like the $CHARw. informat.
On all other systems, $EBCDICw. converts EBCDIC data to ASCII.

Examples

input @1 name $ebcdic3.

Data Lines Results*

----+----1
ASCII EBCDIC

qrs

717273
9899A2

QRS

515253

D8D9E2

+;>

2B3B3E

4E5E6E

*The results are hexadecimal representations of codes for characters. Each two hexadecimal digits correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one character value.

Data Lines	Results*
----+----1	ASCII	EBCDIC
qrs	717273	`9899A2`
QRS	515253	D8D9E2
+;>	2B3B3E	4E5E6E
*The results are hexadecimal representations of codes for characters. Each two hexadecimal digits correspond to one byte of binary data, and each byte corresponds to one character value.

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