Portable character set
The X/Open portable character set is a superset of the IBM® invariant character set (00640), which includes symbols not represented in the IBM invariant character set 00640.
The portable character set includes the following 13 symbols that are not represented in the IBM invariant character set 00640.
GCGID | Description | Graphic character |
---|---|---|
SC030000 | Dollar | $ |
SD110000 | Accent acute | |
SD150000 | Caret | ^ |
SD190000 | Tilde | ~ |
SM010000 | Number sign | # |
SM050000 | At sign | @ |
SM060000 | Left bracket | [ |
SM070000 | Back slash | \ |
SM080000 | Right bracket | ] |
SM110000 | Left brace | { |
SM130000 | Logical or | | |
SM140000 | Right brace | } |
SP020000 | Exclamation point | ! |
The portable character set also includes the space character and control characters representing the horizontal tab, the vertical tab, and form feed.