On 23 Sep 2013 09:23:00 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >If you mean a program, then the UNIX "iconv" command can do that. There is >also the "iconv" set of C language subroutines if you want to write your >own. >http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/edclb1c0/3.440 >http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/cbcpg1c0/8.6.3 > >If you are really good with COBOL, you can probably figure out how to call >these using COBOL. Likewise with PL/I or HLASM. If _I_ needed these in >COBOL, I would likely write an HLASM stub routine to "marshall" the >argument to/from the COBOL / C calling conventions. > > DFSORT can do it, with some difficulty, on a "field" basis by using the >TRAN=ALTSEQ phrase in an INREC or OUTREC FIELDS= command. Too bad there >isn't an easy way that I can see to just use UNICODE System Services.
While I haven't looked at the manual recently, since COBOL provides the way to describe UNICODE fields, EBCDIC fields, and ISO 8 byte character fields, I am fairly certain simple MOVE statements among them would suffice. Clark Morris > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
