It depends which standard you are referring to. See
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?fdoc=imdb2z&rs=64&uid=swg21197185
Unix System Services, C & Java tend to use the x'AD' and x'BD' characters.
Bill
(Someone else named) Bill wrote:
> What is it with the square backets in JAVA? We're just starting to get
> into this. We did OEDIT to key in the java source in ISPF like "(String
> args[])'. Looks fine on the screen. Hex translation x'BA' and x'BB'
> matches the EBCDIC code chart. When you compile, the Java compiler says
> they are invalid characters. The curly brace characters { } x'C0' and
> x'D0' match the chart and work fine. Why don't the brackets work?
>
> We found you need x'AD' and x'BD' for the brackets but they aren't
> apparently the standard EBCDIC characters and aren't on any code
> chart I've ever found.
>
> So why does IBM want these goofy characters for square brackets?
> Why don't the standard EBCDIC values work?
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