EBCDIC

The EBCDIC function converts all the characters in an expression from the ASCII character set to the EBCDIC character set.

COMMAND SYNTAX

EBCDIC(expression)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

expression may contain a data string of any form. The function will convert it to a character string, assume that the characters are all members of the ASCII set and translate them using a character map. The original expression is unchanged while the returned result of the function is now the EBCDIC equivalent.

EXAMPLE

READT AsciiBlock ELSE CRT "Tape failed!"; STOP
EbcdicBlock = EBCDIC(AsciiBlock) ;* Convert to EBCDIC

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