DBCS notation
The symbols shown below are used in the DBCS data conversion examples to describe DBCS items.
| Symbols | Meaning |
|---|---|
| < and > | Shift-out (SO) and shift-in (SI), respectively |
| D0, D1, D2, . . ., Dn | Any DBCS character except for double-byte EBCDIC characters that correspond to single-byte EBCDIC characters |
| .A, .B, .C, . . . | Any double-byte EBCDIC character that corresponds to a single-byte EBCDIC character. The period (.) represents the value X'42'. |
| A single letter, such as A, B, or s | Any single-byte EBCDIC character |