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<h5 id="rzaluconcodepages">Code pages</h5>
<p>Code pages come in two types: </p>
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<li>Code page (stand-alone)</li>
<li>Character set and code page combination (referred to as a CHRID).</li></ul>
<p>Code pages are groups of characters. Within a code page, there are unique
hexadecimal identifiers assigned to each of the characters.</p>
<p>As you enter your text at a computer keyboard, each keyboard character
is translated into a code point. When the text is printed, each code point
is matched to a character ID on the code page you specified. The character
ID is then matched to the image (raster pattern) of the character in the character
set you specified.</p>
<p>Some of these characters can be repeated in different code pages and have
a different hexadecimal identifier assigned to them. Conversely, the hexadecimal
identifier can be the same, but the characters will be different. Therefore,
if you have applications that use certain characters contained in only one
particular code page, it is important to know which code page you are using.</p>
<p>Below is a diagram of two code pages: code page 37 and code page 285.
They are printed in a 10-characters-per-inch (courier 10) font. Notice the
different character that occurs at code point hex <span class="hex">X'5B'</span>. One is a
US dollar ($) sign and the other an English pound or currency sign. This
example shows that different characters will print depending on the code page
you specify even though you are using an identical font style.</p>
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