From: Debbie Bond To: All Can somebody please tell me what the hex value (in EBCDIC) is for a caret symbol (^)?

From: Matt Sargent To: Debbe Bond

You can access a table of EBCDIC codes from most terminals. Go to the sign-on screen and press the TEST key (usually this has to be done in conjunction with the ALT key). This will sign on the terminal in test mode. Take option 1 (display verification), then option 2 (displayable characters). This will bring up a table of all displayable characters, cross-referenced by EBCDIC code as shown in 7. By using this display you can see that the hex value for the caret symbol (^) is B0.

You can access a table of EBCDIC codes from most terminals. Go to the sign-on screen and press the TEST key (usually this has to be done in conjunction with the ALT key). This will sign on the terminal in test mode. Take option 1 (display verification), then option 2 (displayable characters). This will bring up a table of all displayable characters, cross-referenced by EBCDIC code as shown in Figure 7. By using this display you can see that the hex value for the caret symbol (^) is B0.

Another way to determine hex values is with a REXX procedure. Enter the following code into a source member, then run it using the Start REXX Procedure (STRREXPRC) command.

say 'Enter character value' pull char say 'The hex value is' c2x(char)

Just enter a character (or string of characters) and press Enter to convert them to hexidecimal.

EBCDIC Hex Value

Figure 1 Displayable Characters Screen

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