Re: Reg: EBCDIC to ASCII Conversion Irregularities

Hey John, that is true and I should have also commented that, I have done
so in the past, I also use the CCSID keyword when declaring my stand-alone
variables in my programs and the simple assignment to another one declared
with another CCSID is perfectly good. That is when you already know and
manage the destination CCSID, but in general, when you don't know, you can
simply set a parameter and use iconv().

Example:

dcl-s mySpanishEBCDICCharacters char(100) csid(037) inz('áéíóúñü);
dcl-s mySpanishUTF8Characters char(150) ccsid(1208) inz; // it can also be
used ccsid(*utf8)

mySpanishUTF8Characters = mySpanishEBCDICCharacters; // Implicit,
compile-time call to a conversion routine, I believe it also calls iconv(),
not sure.

This is a very simple example when you know you want to deal with internet
data exchange, where utf-8 is the most commonly used.
And keep in mind that these special characters are two-, three and even
four- bytes long depending on the utf version you're using, namely, UTF-8,
UT-16 or UTF-32.

HTH
JS

El jue, 17 oct 2024 a las 8:54, John Yeung (<gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

You should be using ICONV() or RPG IV's build in conversion...not

QDCXLATE!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ebcdic-ascii-rpg-iv-bob-cozzi-jds4c/

Excellent reference! It seems as though it was written *precisely* to
address OP!

However, I would strongly suggest going straight to the "punch line"
if you will, especially since readers often won't read linked-to
articles in their entirety, if at all.

The advice should be this: Use RPG's built-in conversion capabilities.
Period.

Presumably, there are some situations where iconv *might* be
preferable, but using RPG's built-in facilities is so much simpler and
easier that it is kind of ridiculous *not* to try those first.

John Y.
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