X'05' works for me. When I download a file that has x'05' as the tab, it
loads into Excel or Word as a tab-delimited file. Conversely, when I
save a file as tab-delimited text on the pc and upload it to VM, the
x'05' is what I see as the delimiter.

I vote with Mark.

Regards, 
Richard Schuh 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wilson, Roger
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:14 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Hex character in REXX/VM
> 
> I am trying to initialize a variable in rexx that contains a 
> tab character. I believe it is a HEX '1B' in ASCII.
> 
>  
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely, 
> 
>  
> 
> Roger
> 

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