Re: Cpytostmf problem - update

The real problem is that there are two common representations of square 
brackets.  The 
code-points are:

        x'AD' for [ and x'BD' for ] which seem to be the 'standard' S/370 
square 
brackets and also
        x'BA' for [ and X'BB' for ] which seem to be the AS/400 'preferred' 
square 
brackets.  (These are the ones that display properly)

ASCII uses x'5B' and x'5D' for square brackets and you need to either use the 
correct 
translation table or use the expected code-points.  Make sure the hex 
representation of 
the square brackets is the 'preferred' form.  Often the problem is either that 
the 
ASCII square brackets are mapped to the S/370 square brackets rather than the 
AS/400 
ones or your emulator is using S/370 square brackets so they may display 
corectly but 
are not converted correctly by the AS/400 translation tables.

The same problem arises when writing C code on the AS/400.  C supports 
trigraphs for 
such situations (and C/400 supports both forms of square bracket) but I'm not 
sure if 
Java does.

In most cases you simply need to ensure that your emulator has the keyboard 
mapped 
correctly to pass BA/BB when you use the PC square brackets keys.

Of course, if you are not using EBCDIC codepage 37 and ASCII code page 437/819 
(and 
possibly 850) then the rules change and you need to determine the proper 
code-points 
for square brackets on your system.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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