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1.1.
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Record Sequential File
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1.2.
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Text Strings are EBCDIC-encoded
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1.3.
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A Variety of Numeric Formats
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1.3.1.
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Numeric Fields & Signed, Zoned-Decimal Format
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1.3.2.
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Sequence of Data (Collating Sequence) is different
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2.
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Microsoft Windows System
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2.1.
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Line Sequential File (or ASCII/Text File)
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2.2.
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Text Strings are ASCII-encoded
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2.3.
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Numeric Values are ASCII-oriented
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2.3.1.
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May have a leading or trailing sign character
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2.3.2.
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May have an embedded, explicit decimal symbol
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3.1.
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Run Book for Data File Conversion Jobs
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3.2.
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System Information for Conversion Preparation
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3.3.
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EBCDIC-ASCII Encoding Schemas
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3.4.
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Numeric Format Considerations
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3.4.1.
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Binary (or COMP, neither EBCDIC or ASCII)
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3.4.2.
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Edited Numeric Text String (sensitive to EBCDIC/ASCII encoding)
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3.4.3.
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Packed-Decimal (or COMP-3, neither EBCDIC or ASCII)
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3.4.4.
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Zoned-Decimal (sensitive to EBCDIC/ASCII encoding)
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3.5.
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Impact of Collating Sequences
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