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<title>Character sets</title>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Character sets</h1>
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<div><p>The control language uses the extended binary-coded decimal interchange
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code (EBCDIC) character set. </p>
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<p>For convenience in describing the relationship between characters used
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in the control language and those in the EBCDIC character set, the following
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control language categories contain the EBCDIC characters shown:</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="29.145728643216078%" id="d0e23">Category</th>
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<th valign="top" width="70.85427135678391%" id="d0e25">Characters Included</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="29.145728643216078%" headers="d0e23 ">Alphabetic <sup>1</sup></td>
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<td valign="top" width="70.85427135678391%" headers="d0e25 ">26 letters (A through Z), $, #, and @</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="29.145728643216078%" headers="d0e23 ">Numeric</td>
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<td valign="top" width="70.85427135678391%" headers="d0e25 ">10 digits (0-9)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="29.145728643216078%" headers="d0e23 ">Alphanumeric <sup>1,2</sup></td>
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<td valign="top" width="70.85427135678391%" headers="d0e25 ">A through Z, 0 through 9, $, #, @, period (.), and underscore (__)</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="29.145728643216078%" headers="d0e23 ">Special Characters</td>
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<td valign="top" width="70.85427135678391%" headers="d0e25 ">All other EBCDIC characters </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" headers="d0e23 d0e25 "><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ol><li>Lowercase letters (a through z) are accepted, but they are translated
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into the corresponding uppercase letters by the system except when they are
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included within a quoted character string or a comment, or they are specified
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for a value on a parameter that has the character (*CHAR) or the path name
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(*PNAME) attribute for its TYPE parameter and the mixed case (*MIXED) attribute
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for its CASE parameter in the command definition. </li>
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<li>The underscore (__) is an alphanumeric connector that can be used in i5/OS™
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CL to connect words or alphanumeric characters to form a name (for example,
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PAYLIB__01). This use of the underscore might not be valid in other high-level
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languages.</li>
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</table>
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</div>
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<p>The first three categories contain the characters that are allowed in quoted
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and unquoted character strings, in comments, and in CL names, such as in names
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of commands, labels, keywords, variables, and i5/OS objects. Special characters in the
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last category can only be used in quoted character strings and comments; they
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cannot be used in unquoted strings. However, some have special syntactical
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uses when coded in the proper place in CL commands.</p>
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<div>
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<ul class="ullinks">
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbam6dbcexpand.htm">Double-byte character text in CL commands</a></strong><br />
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You can use double-byte character data anywhere in a CL command that descriptive text can be used.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbam6charsetval.htm" title="This topic explains the usage of the EBCDIC character sets, special characters, and IBM -defined fixed values called predefined values.">CL character sets and values</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbam6charuse.htm" title="Special characters can be used only in these special ways or inside quoted character strings or comments.">Special character use</a></div>
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