Coding for use of DBCS support
IBM® COBOL for Linux® on x86 supports using applications in any of many national languages, including languages that use double-byte character sets (DBCS).
About this task
The following list summarizes the support for DBCS:
- DBCS characters in user-defined words (multibyte names)
- DBCS characters in comments
- DBCS data items (defined with
PICTURE N
,G
, orG
andB
) - DBCS literals
- Collating sequence
SOSI
compiler option- DBCS_CODEPAGE environment variable
Related tasks
Defining DBCS data
Using DBCS literals
Testing for valid DBCS characters
Processing alphanumeric data items that contain DBCS data
Setting the locale
Controlling the collating sequence with a locale
Defining DBCS data
Using DBCS literals
Testing for valid DBCS characters
Processing alphanumeric data items that contain DBCS data
Setting the locale
Controlling the collating sequence with a locale