RE: CPYTOSTMF character translation redux

[Alexei Pytel <pytel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What is the hex value for what you see as dollar sign in a source file?
I would be suspicious here because hex code for dollar sign in UK code page
is different from US.
What you see on a screen is a combination of a file code page, job code
page and device character set (if you are looking from PC then another
layer is involved).
You should be careful that all is done in sync - e.g. if you are looking at
UK system, then UK system should be configured for UK code page and your PC
should be configured for UK character set.

Bottom line - look at the hex value in a file and check against a code page
table:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/software/globalization/codepages.html

    Alexei Pytel
always speaking for myself




                      David Gibbs
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                      12/07/2002 08:37
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At 07:56 PM 12/6/2002, you wrote:
>It isn't clear what you mean by "translated incorrectly". Do you mean the
>hex value is incorrect or that it displays incorrectly?

A dollar sign typed into the source pf shows up as something other than a
dollar sign in the stream file.

>In particular, is the hex representation of the "$" (US dollar sign)
>correct when the file is viewed in hex? If it is, then I'd look at the
>character set being used by whatever device is doing the display.

To be honest, I haven't looked at the hex representation of the characters
... I really don't expect any weird translation to occur, as a dollar sign
is part of both the basic ascii & ebcdic character set.

The source pf is a standard ccsid 37, and the stream file code page is
*PCASCII ... that translation does not seem like it should be rocket
science to me.

david


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