https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC Code page layout shows the invariant characters and the frequently used locations for some frequently used characters.
On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 6:55 PM Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: > > Matt Hogstrom > PGP key 0F143BC1 > > >> On Jul 7, 2023, at 19:14, Paul Gilmartin > >> <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> > > On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 18:11:39 -0400, Matt Hogstrom wrote: > > > >> Speculation on my part but I think CP1047 was created in part to allow for > >> square brackets given their use in new programming languages at x’AD’ = > >> ‘[‘ and x’BD’ = ‘]’ > >> > >> Those characters were not in 037 that I can find ... > >> > > They are in 037 <https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ccsid-comparisons>: > > BA left bracket > > BB right bracket > > > See reference to Wikipedia below .. you’re right although they refer to the > updated code page 037/0 > > > > >> ...but apparently there are multiple versions of that 037. > >> > > WTF!? That makes as little sense as "multiple versions of π." > > I agree. Per the most authoritative source of truth on the planet Wikipedia > says (sarcasm implied), https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_37 > > Code page 37 exists in two versions: a "base character set" or "DP94" > version (GCSGID 101 with CPGID 37, or CCSID 8229), containing only 94 > graphical characters (plus the space and control codes), and a "CECP" > (Country Extended Code Page) version (GCSGID 697 with CPGID 37, or CCSID 37) > with expansions to support the entire ISO/IEC 8859-1 repertoire. > > > > >> I recall writing in SAS C back in the late 80’s and had to use ‘(|’ for [ > >> and ‘|)’ for ] and it was a PITA the code that way. > >> > > They may not have appeared on various output devices, but that is hardly > > solved > > by introducing an additional code page. > > Like I said, speculation on my part but at that time on my MVS/XA system > there were no brackets available. I agree, hardly justification. However, > all the code pages and versions of codepages is a bit convoluted. > > > > > -- > > gil > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
