CONTROL-CHARS

The CONTROL-CHARS command is used to control the whether or not the jBC INPUT statement accepts characters outside the printable range (decimal 32 through 126).

COMMAND SYNTAX

CONTROL-CHARS {ON | OFF}

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

CONTROL-CHARS ON	disallows the input of control characters.
CONTROL-CHARS OFF	allows the input of control characters.
CONTROL-CHARS	reports the current state.

NOTES

The default behavior is to allow the input of control characters. The setting is ignored by the jBC IN statement.
The behavior of the INPUT statement can also be controlled by the environment variable JBC_BELLCTRLCHR.

EXAMPLE

CONTROL-CHARS Control characters OFF (allowed)

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