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  3. October 2002

Re: character encoding

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Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 18:20:59 EDT
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Subject: Re: character encoding

Jim Langston wrote:
> I don't' think there's a work around.  $ and £ on the
AS/400 seem to be
> the same character.

Not exactly. On most AS/400 code
pages, $ is EBCDIC HEX 5B, and £ is EBCDIC HEX
B1. On the UK code page,
however, $ is 4A, £ is 5B, and [, for some reason, is
B1.

Exploring
AS/400 EBCDIC code pages is absolutely fascinating, if you don't mind
the
roaring headache resulting
therefrom.

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JHHL

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