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EBCASC

EBCASC


Converts an input character string from EBCDIC to ASCII

Language element: function
Category: character-string translation
OpenVMS specifics: All aspects are host-specific

Syntax
Details

Syntax

EBCASC(in-string)

in-string
is any EBCDIC string, and can be a character variable, a character literal enclosed in double quotation marks, or another character expression. The value of in-string is limited to 200 characters.

Details

The return value is the ASCII translation of in-string.


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