Converting double-byte character set (DBCS) data
The Language Environment® service routines IGZCA2D
and IGZCD2A were intended for converting alphanumeric data items
that contain DBCS data to and from pure DBCS data items in order to
reliably perform operations such as STRING
, UNSTRING
, and reference modification.
These service routines continue to be provided for compatibility; however, using national data items and the national conversion operations is now recommended instead for this purpose.
The service routines do not support a code-page argument and are
not sensitive to the code page specified by the CODEPAGE
compiler option. The DBCS
compiler option does not affect their operation.
related tasks
Converting to or from national (Unicode) representation
Processing alphanumeric data items that contain DBCS data
Converting to or from national (Unicode) representation
Processing alphanumeric data items that contain DBCS data