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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
