Double-byte character set (DBCS) characters in terms, expressions, character strings, and comments are delimited by shift-out and shift-in characters. In this manual, the shift-out delimiter is represented pictorially by the < character, and the shift-in delimiter is represented pictorially by the > character. The EBCDIC codes for the shift-out and shift-in delimiters are X'0E' and X'0F', respectively.
The following figure summarizes the DBCS notation used throughout this manual.
| Character(s) | Represents |
|---|---|
| < | Shift-out (SO) |
| > | Shift-in (SI) |
| D1D2D3... | Double-byte characters |
| DaDbDc... | Double-byte characters |
| .A.B.C.'.&., | EBCDIC characters in double-byte form: A, B, C, single quotation mark, ampersand, and comma. The dots separating the letters represent the hexadecimal value X'42'. A double-byte character that contains the value of an EBCDIC ampersand or single quotation mark in either byte is not recognized as a delimiter when enclosed by SO and SI. |
| eeeeeee | Single-byte (EBCDIC) characters |
| abcd... | Single-byte (EBCDIC) characters |
| XXX | Extended continuation indicator for macro-generated statements |
| +++ | Alternative extended continuation indicator for macro-generated statements |
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