Note: This program does not convert the file to ASCII. It only interprets the first five records in the file as ASCII values and writes them to the SAS log. The transport file remains unchanged. Code ...

Because the CMS host stores character data in EBCDIC format, you cannot read the transport file as ASCII data. In order to view an EBCDIC file in ASCII or hexadecimal format, you must interpret it.

See ASCII, hex and hex editor. ASCII Code (Decimal) The ASCII characters are numbered from 0 to 255. The chart below shows their designation in hexadecimal numbers. ASCII Code (Hexadecimal) The ASCII ...

Microsoft Word, like all text-based programs, uses a numeric character code called ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) for each alphabetic, numeric, and special character on ...

Yeah, that many years. Almost 13 years of writing about shell scripts and lightweight programming within the Linux environment. I've covered a lot of ground, but I want to go back to something that's ...