Re: pragma convert of string literal

Eric;

Can you save the stream file in EBCDIC? Or rather create an stream file with CCSID 37, open it with jedit/emacs copy/past/type your code and save it? I have done this with notepad and the OS does the conversions for me, YMMV.

Duane Christen

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From: c400-l-bounces+duane.christen=paetec.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:c400-l-bounces+duane.christen=paetec.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Erik Olsson
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:50 PM
To: C programming iSeries / AS400
Subject: Re: [C400-L] pragma convert of string literal

I can do that, but that means I have to use a EBCDIC compatible code
editor, i.e. EDTF or something else IBM provides. Not the best idea.
So I prefer to use jedit or emacs and not being able to have the
source in all the different codepages. It is rare that my source has
to use non ASCII characters for actual data so this is why I was glad
for a brief moment when I came to think about pragma convert. But I
can't say I wasn't all that surprised when it didn't work. There
really are some situations on this OS where you're clearly not
supposed to do stuff in other CCSIDs than 37 (or one that is
compatible with it).

2011/3/4 Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Erik, I must admit to lack of experience with mixed CCSID, so maybe this is a dumb question.  That's never stopped me before, though, so: ... Can you store your source in the IFS, in your desired CCSID, and improve the result that way?  Or is that what you're doing and I'm totally missing it?

"Erik Olsson" <erik.eo.olsson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Dennis.

Eliminating the pragma has no effect. Or rather, implementing the
pragma has no effect.

Man, I am _not_ a fan of EBCDIC. I can't have the source in my job
CCSID as the editors I'm using (jedit for instance) quite naturally
can't handle EBCDIC but this means I'm harassed by the compiler for
daring to have source in anything but CCSID 37... Yuck.



2011/3/4 Dennis Lovelady <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Well, unless I'm misreading, the documentation seems ambiguous since

it

doesn't indicate whether the CCSID in question is the SOURCE or

TARGET

CCSID, and doesn't indicate whether "the other side" is the Job

CCSID,

the file CCSID or something else.  You seem to think it's for

specifying

TARGET, and that SOURCE is the file's CCSID.  (You may be right; I'm
playing devil's advocate here.)

What happens when you eliminate the #pragma?
--
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those we don't like?"
  -- Jean Cocteau

-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Olsson <erik.eo.olsson@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [C400-L] pragma convert of string literal
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:52:27 +0100

this:

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