Coding for use of DBCS support
IBM® Enterprise COBOL for z/OS® supports using applications in any of many national languages, including languages that use double-byte character sets (DBCS).
The following list summarizes the support for DBCS:
- DBCS characters in user-defined words (DBCS names)
- DBCS characters in comments
- DBCS data items (defined with
PICTURE N
,G
, orG
andB
) - DBCS literals
DBCS
compiler option
related tasks
Defining DBCS data
Using DBCS literals
Testing for valid DBCS characters
Processing alphanumeric data items that contain DBCS data
Converting double-byte character set (DBCS) data
Defining DBCS data
Using DBCS literals
Testing for valid DBCS characters
Processing alphanumeric data items that contain DBCS data
Converting double-byte character set (DBCS) data