Convert::EBCDIC
Convert::EBCDIC, ascii2ebcdic, ebcdic2ascii - Perl module for string
conversion between EBCDIC and ASCII
use Convert::EBCDIC;
$ascii_string = ebcdic2ascii($ebcdic_string);
$ebcdic_string = ascci2ebcdic($ascii_string);
$translator = new Convert::EBCDIC;
$translator = new Convert::EBCDIC($table);
$ascii_string = $translator->toascii($ebcdic_string);
$ebcdic_string = $translator->toebcdic($ascii_string);
$Convert::EBCDIC::ccsid819
This module can be used to import then functions ascii2ebcdic and/or
ebcdic2ascii or in an Object mode.
Exported Functions:
- ascii2ebcdic()
-
takes as the first argument a EBCDIC string that is to be converted to
ASCII using default converion table.
- ebcdic2ascii()
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takes as the first argument a ASCII string that is to be converted to
EBCDIC using default converion table.
Object methods:
- new()
-
creates a new translator object. Will take an optional argument being a 256
character conversion table.
- toascii()
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takes and ASCII string and return and EBCDIC string.
- toebcdic()
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takes and EBCDIC string and return and ASCII string.
Translation tables:
- $Convert::EBCDIC::ccsid819
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Character Code Set ID 00819. This is the default.
This module should work on any system with Perl 5. Tested under SPARC
Solaris and AS400/OS400 RISC.
Chris Leach <leachcj@bp.com>.