FCOPY Reference Manual (32212-90008)

138 AppendixC

Codes

ASCII/EBCDIC Conversion Table

This table is sorted by character code, each code being represented by its decimal, octal,

and hexadecimal equivalents. Each row of the table gives the ASCII and EBCDIC meaning

of the character code, the ASCII/EBCDIC conversion code, and the Hollerith representation

(punched card code) for the ASCII character.

Examples

The following examples illustrate how to use the table.

Example 1

Suppose you want to determine the ASCII code for the $ character. Scan down the ASCII

graphic column until you locate $, then look left on that row to ﬁnd the character code; 36

(decimal), 044 (octal), and 24 (hex). This is the code used by an ASCII device (terminal,

printer, computer, etc.) to represent the $ character. Its Hollerith punched card code is

11-3-8.

Example 2

Suppose you want to ﬁnd out what EBCDIC character the character code 5B (hex)

represents. Also, when 5B is converted to ASCII (for example by FCOPY with the

EBCDICIN option), you want to know the octal character code. First, locate 5B in the hex

character code column and look right on that row to the EBCDIC graphic, which is $. The

next column to the right gives the conversion to ASCII, which is 044. As a check, ﬁnd 044

(octal) in the character code column, look right to the ASCII graphic column and note that

$ converted to EBCDIC is 133 (octal), which equals 5B (hex).