Not sure what you are asking here. The mainframe supports UTF-16BE Basic Mapping Plane 0 natively as National Characters in COBOL - PIC N.
UTF-16 to UTF-8 would not lose any characters during transformation since they both encode Unicode. On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 6:21 PM Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote: > Would UTF-16 to UTF-8 be a better conversion? You still have to be > certain of the source character set. And is supported by some z/OS > software. > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 11:55 AM Cameron Conacher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Ah yes, > > I mis-typed/fat fingered the reply. > > As you say, it SHOULD read EDCICONV. > > > > And, yes Unicode allows for over a million possible character > combination. > > National Language support in the mainframe allows for the characters in > > basic mapping plane 0, so only about 65,000 character combinations. > > And IBM-037 only has 256 combinations. > > So, be aware of character loss as you transform from one to the other. > > > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 11:45 AM Paul Gilmartin < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 09:09:58 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > > > > > > >On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 09:37:29 -0500, Cameron Conacher wrote: > > > > > > > >>I use ICONV. > > > >> > > > >>//MYSTEP EXEC PROC=EDICONV, > > > >>// INFILE='MY.input.file.name(member)', > > > >>// OUTFILE='My.Output.FileName', > > > >>// FROMC='1208', > > > >>// TOC='IBM-037' > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>The PROC is licensed IBM material. It executes program EDICCONV > > > >> > > > >Is the documentation available only with purchase? > > > > > > > Ah! Do you mean perhaps, JCL procedure EDCICONV? > > > > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.cbcux01/iconvubatch.htm > > > > > > I wonder what was the motivation to require preallocated data set > > > names rather than the more flexible alternative of DDNAMEs? > > > > > > >How does it handle characters absent from IBM-037? > > > > > > > >1208 is UTF-8, not UTF-16. I assume the example is schematic. > > > > > > -- gil > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
