Defines the character set of the environment.
Syntax:
>>-.---.--CHARSET--"char-set"--------------><
+-/-+
Parameters:
-
char-set
- ASCII or EBCDIC.
Properties:
| Default:
|
CHARSET"ASCII" (Dialect)
|
| Phase:
|
Syntax check
|
| $SET:
|
Initial
|
Dependencies:
CHARSET"ASCII" sets DEFAULTBYTE"32", SIGN"ASCII" and NATIVE"ASCII" immediately.
CHARSET"EBCDIC" sets DEFAULTBYTE"0" immediately and SIGN"EBCDIC" and NATIVE"EBCDIC" at end.
Comments:
All literals and collating sequences are handled in the character set specified.
With CHARSET"EBCDIC" set, COBOL system library routines that receive or return alphanumeric data in any parameters do not work. The alphanumeric data must be in ASCII.
With CHARSET"EBCDIC" set, if you want the application to run on a machine where only Enterprise Server is installed, you must link in the object associated with your codepage (by default cs0437.obj).
For managed COBOL, SIGN"EBCDIC", along with one of HOST-NUMMOVE, HOST-NUMCOMPARE or SIGN-FIXUP is an invalid combination of directives, and is rejected during compilation. For native COBOL, the combination is permitted.