On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 15:39:52 +0000, kekronbekron wrote: > >I suppose... even if the char is different in different code pages, it is ok. >Don't we just need some special char that's available in all known & used code >pages? > I extended Matt's test. The 3 national characters plus the 12 special characters in the JCL Ref. have identical code points in 037, 500, and 1047.
The Ref. doesn't mention "037" anywhere. I suspect the authors are in denial concerning the existence of other code pages. >$ in US, or £ in UK code page, whether they look the same or not in hex, isn't >the aim to find a special char that works in "all" code pages? > There's a peculiar hazard in using the same code point to represent different local currency symbols. May I choose how to print my payment coupon? >------- Original Message ------- >On Thursday, July 6th, 2023 at 9:51 PM, Matt Hogstrom wrote: >> >> I did some testing by creating a file in USS in CP047 with the characters >> “@#$” and then used iconv to convert them to a variety of code pages and >> compare the results. Some conversions failed but when looking at the code >> pages that failed they didn’t appear to me to be what I would consider >> mainstream. For the ones I’m familiar with they all converted correctly. I'd take a neutral view and say "similarly" rather than "correctly". -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
