CodeWatch interprets character data as EBCDIC when the current debuggable module is compiled with the -ebcdic compiler option. Note that all character data which is input or displayed is always in human readable format (ASCII), and is converted to and from EBCDIC internally for that purpose.
For example, for a debuggable module compiler using the -ebcdic compiler option with a declaration dcl s char(4), using the debugger command Let s = 'abc '; the following table shows debugger commands and character results.
dcl s char(4)
| Eval s | s = 'abc ' {character(4)} displays |
| Eval /h s | s = 81 82 82 40 (hex) {character (4)} displays |
| Eval trim(s) | 'abc' {character(3)} displays |
| Eval /h trim(s) | 81 82 83 (hex) {character (3)} |
| Eval 'abc'A | /.. {character (3)} displays. 0x616263 displays as readable characters. 0x61 is a slash (/. 0x61 and 0x62 are non-printable. |
| Eval /h 'abc'A | 61 62 63 (hex) {character (3)} displays |