On the iSeries system, *LOCALE objects are created with the CRTLOCALE command, specifying the name of the file member containing the locale's definition source, and the CCSID to be used for mapping the characters of the locale's character set to their hexadecimal values.
A locale definition source member contains information about a language environment. This information is divided into a number of distinct categories which are described in the previous section. One locale definition source member characterizes one language environment.
Characters are represented in a locale definition source member with their symbolic names. The mapping between the symbolic names, the characters they represent and their associated hexadecimal values are based on the CCSID value specified on the CRTLOCALE command. The locale definition source members can be found on the AS/400 system in library QSYSLOCALE.
For more information about how locales of type *LOCALE are created, see Using Coded Character Set Identifiers.
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