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'