Right, need a UTF8 data type:
PIC UTF8(6) VALUE 'хорошо'.
...or something like that.
(Yes, I'm sorta/mostly kidding)
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2026 12:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Please vote for COBOL "idea" for reverse character translation
On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 16:06:01 +0000, Farley, Peter wrote:
>Agree 100% re: using the conversion functions. As I think I said in one of my
>later replies, I would guess that IBM will reject my “idea” as “function
>already available in current release”, and I am OK with that. My bad for not
>thoroughly RTFM.
>
There remains the issue of coding a UTF-8 constant in source. You tried, I
suspect with great effort, and missed. There ought to be an example in the
Ref. "Just do it in hex," is not a practical approach.
--
gil
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