Character Set
The four types of
characters are alphabetic, numeric, blank, and special. Characters of each type are as follows:
- PPFA alphabetic characters
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z # @ $- PPFA numeric characters
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9- Blank character
- Character code of X'20' in ASCII (which is the data stream that is used for
creating the form definition or page definition). Note: In EBCDIC data, the blank character has a character code of X'40'.
- PPFA special characters
. ( +* ) – % ' = ; ⁄ &- EBCDIC shift-out and shift-in codes
- X'0E', the shift-out (SO) code
- X'0F', the shift-in (SI) code
Other character codes are also allowed within comments and literals. See Comments and Literals for details of what can be included.