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The following conversion table is provided as a reference for ASCII and EBCDIC translation. When moving information (files or data buffers) between EBCDIC machines and ASCII machines it is quite often necessary to convert the information. If the data strings contain only display or printable characters then it is a straightforward, byte-for-byte conversion. However, in the real world the actual conversion of data strings between an ASCII and EBCDIC encoding schema is usually more complicated than a simple byte-for-byte conversion. For example, if the data strings contain packed or binary data or control information then the data conversion becomes content sensitive.
The translation of records or data strings within a file may be an explicitly defined task or it may be done as part of a file transfer process when files are being moved between systems that use a different encoding schema. If a data conversion is done by the file transfer process the data should be reviewed to ensure that special characters (currency symbols, the copyright symbol, the trademark symbol and more) are correctly converted.
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The following is the ASCII and EBCDIC translation tables. In addition to the ASCII and EBCDIC values the following tables include the decimal, hexadecimal and binary values.
(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 000-031 ) ( Hexadecimal 00-1F ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 032-063 ) ( Hexadecimal 20-3F ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 064-095 ) ( Hexadecimal 40-5F ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 096-127 ) ( Hexadecimal 60-7F ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 128-159 ) ( Hexadecimal 80-9F ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 160-191 ) ( Hexadecimal A0-BF ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 192-223 ) ( Hexadecimal C0-DF ) |
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(Next) (Previous) (Table-of-Contents) | ( Decimal 224-255 ) ( Hexadecimal E0-FF ) |
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Decimal Values |
0-31 | 32-63 | 64-95 | 96-127 | 128-159 | 160-191 | 192-223 | 224-255 |
Hexadecimal Values |
00-1F | 20-3F | 40-5F | 60-7F | 80-9F | A0-BF | C0-DF | E0-FF |
The following tables are provided as a matter of convenience. The symbols are included in the preceding table but may be easier to find in the smaller tables that follow.
The following table shows the ASCII and EBCDIC values for the alternate symbols of the Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Tilde and Umlaut. The "Courier New (fixed font)" and "Times Roman (proportional font)" fonts will display the following characters.
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Note: In the preceding table the "Y" character with an umlaut (both upper and lower case characters of Ÿ and ÿ) may affect program logic that is dependent on a High-Values or HEX "FF" content.
The following table shows the ASCII and EBCDIC values for currency symbols and more of the alternate symbols. The "Courier New (fixed font)" and "Times Roman (proportional font)" fonts will display the following characters.
Symbol | ASCII | EBCDIC | Comment |
$ | x'24' or 036 | x'5B' or 091 | Dollar Sign |
€ | x'80' or 128 | x'9F' or 159 | Euro Currency |
¢ | x'A2' or 162 | x'4A' or 074 | US Cent |
£ | x'A3' or 163 | x'B1' or 177 | Pound |
¥ | x'A5' or 165 | x'B2' or 178 | Yen |
¦ | x'A6' or 166 | x'6A' or 106 | Two-Piece Vertical Bar |
ß | x'DF' or 223 | x'59' or 089 | Strasse, Germany |
Å | x'C5' or 197 | x'67' or 103 | A-ring |
å | x'E5' or 229 | x'47' or 071 | a-ring |
Ç | x'C7' or 199 | x'68' or 104 | letter "C" with cedilla (upper case) |
ç | x'E7' or 231 | x'48' or 072 | letter "c" with cedilla (lower case) |
Ø | x'D8' or 216 | x'80' or 128 | O-slash |
ø | x'F8' or 248 | x'70' or 112 | o-slash |
Æ | x'C6' or 198 | x'9E' or 158 | Diphthong |
æ | x'E6' or 230 | x'9C' or 156 | Diphthong |
¬ | x'AC' or 172 | x'5F' or 095 | Logical NOT |
© | x'89' or 169 | x'B4' or 180 | Copyright |
® | x'AE' or 174 | x'AF' or 175 | Registered Trademark |
X™ | x'99' or 153 | Unknown | Trademark (Superset TM) |
nn° or ° | x'B0' or 176 | Degree Symbol, specify as ° or ° | |
¨ | x'A8' or 168 | Umlaut |
Note: The ASCII and EBCDIC columns of the preceding table show the two-byte hexadecimal notation or the three-digit numeric value for the symbol.
The copyright symbol © (a circled "C" Character) may be placed in an HTML document using the © text string. The Registered Trademark symbol ® (a circled "R" Character) may be placed in an HTML document using the ® text string.
Another way to accomplish the task is to use the following.
The copyright symbol © (a circled "C" Character) may be placed in an HTML document using the © text string.
The Registered Trademark symbol ® (a circled "R" Character) may be placed in an HTML document using the ® text string.
Note: The Copyright symbol for ASCII-encoding is 169 or x'89'. The copyright symbol for EBCDIC-encoding is 180 or x'B4'.
Note: The Registered Trademark symbol for ASCII-encoding is 174 or x'AE'. The Registered Trademark symbol for EBCDIC-encoding is 175 or x'AF'.
The trademark symbol ™ (a "TM" in superscript) may be placed in an HTML document using the ™ text string.
Another approach would be to use the <sup>TM</sup> for HTML documents. This would produce the following results - My_SymbolTM.
The purpose of this document is to provide a quick reference for ASCII and EBCDIC translation. This document may be used as a tutorial for new programmers or as a quick reference for experienced programmers.
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Explore a suite of sample programs that describes the ASCII and EBCDIC sorting or collating sequences and provides an example of programming logic that will work in an EBCDIC environment (i.e. Mainframe System with ZOS) but fail in an ASCII environment (i.e. Linux, UNIX or Windows with Micro Focus).
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Explore The Binary or COMP format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS COMP" or "USAGE IS BINARY" clause.
Explore The Edited for Display format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be used with an edit-mask to prepare the presentation for readability by human beings.
Explore The Packed-Decimal or COMP-3 format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS COMP-3" clause.
Explore The Zoned-Decimal format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is the default numeric for COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS DISPLAY" clause.
Explore commonly used formats and processing techniques for managing various numeric formats available on the mainframe.
Explore the Numbers Connection for additional information about the structure and processing of numeric data items (or numeric fields).
Explore the cycle of converting and transferring non-relational data files between an IBM Mainframe System and a Windows, Linux or UNIX System. This discussion will leverage the non-relational file support provided by Micro Focus for the distributed systems.
Explore a typical data file conversion process that may be required when working in a multi-system environment. This suite of documents describes a model for managing non-relational data structures (Sequential Files and VSAM Data Sets) that contain ASCII or EBCDIC text strings and various numeric formats such as BINARY, PACKED-Decimal and ZONED-Decimal. This model has the capability of creating a test file for an ASCII or EBCDIC encoded environment. This suite of documents will address many of the challenges of doing a record content conversion of a file that will be transferred between an EBCDIC-encoded Mainframe System and an ASCII-encoded Linux, UNIX or Windows System.
Explore The File Status Return Codes that are used to interpret the results of accessing VSAM data sets and/or QSAM files.
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