Character Tables

All ranges in the following tables are inclusive. If N/A appears in the Symbol column, it corresponds to a non-displayable character.
Table 1. Invalid delimiters
Symbol or Range Description EBCDIC Byte Value or Range
A – Z Uppercase letters from A to Z x'C1' to x'E9'
a – z Lowercase letters from a to z x'81' to x'A9'
0 – 9 Digits from 0 to 9 x'F0' to x'F9'
( Left parenthesis x'4D'
) Right parenthesis x'5D'
[ Left square bracket x'BA'
] Right square bracket x'BB'
{ Left curly brace x'C0'
} Right curly brace x'D0'
@ At sign x'7C'
# Pound sign x'7B'
$ Dollar sign x'5B'
\ Backslash x'E0'
+ Plus sign x'4E'
. Period x'4B'
, Comma x'6B'
- Minus sign x'60'
* Asterisk x'5C'
? Question mark x'6F'
^ Caret x'B0'
| Vertical bar x'4F'
N/A Null x'00'
N/A Horizontal tab x'05'
N/A Vertical tab x'0B'
N/A Form feed x'0C'
N/A Carriage return x'0D'
N/A Newline x'15'
N/A Line feed x'25'
N/A Blank x'40'
Table 2. Word characters
Symbol or Range Description EBCDIC Byte Value or Range
A – Z Uppercase letters from A to Z x'C1' to x'E9'
a – z Lowercase letters from a to z x'81' to x'A9'
0 – 9 Digits from 0 to 9 x'F0' to x'F9'
_ Underscore x'6D'
Table 3. Whitespace characters
Symbol Description EBCDIC Byte Value
N/A Horizontal tab x'05'
N/A Vertical tab x'0B'
N/A Form feed x'0C'
N/A Carriage return x'0D'
N/A Newline x'15'
N/A Line feed x'25'
N/A Blank x'40'
Table 4. Reserved characters
Symbol Description EBCDIC Byte Value
( Left parenthesis x'4D'
) Right parenthesis x'5D'
[ Left square bracket x'BA'
] Right square bracket x'BB'
{ Left curly brace x'C0'
} Right curly brace x'D0'
$ Dollar sign x'5B'
\ Backslash x'E0'
+ Plus sign x'4E'
. Period x'4B'
, Comma x'6B'
- Minus sign x'60'
* Asterisk x'5C'
? Question mark x'6F'
^ Caret x'B0'
| Vertical bar x'4F'