• Space character: An even-numbered character (X'40') is converted to a Big5 double-byte space
character (X'A140'). A one-byte space character (X'40') is changed to an ASCII single-byte space
character (X'20'). When specifying TRAN_SGLSPACE in the Edit Option file, all X'40' characters
are changed to single-byte space characters (X'20').
Double-byte Character Field Conversion (KANJI:OPK2)
Shift code is used for converting single-byte code double-byte code n. Single-byte code conversion is
the same as alphanumeric field conversion (OPK4). Double-byte conversion is the same as double-byte
character field conversion (OPK1). The following are exceptions.
• Shift code: The Big5 code set does not have a shift character. The shift code character is used for
converting single-byte code and double-byte code. The shift code itself is not converted. When
the shift code character is input, the output data length becomes shorter than the original input
data length, and X'FF' is added for the shift code characters in the output data. When specifying
field padding code in the Edit Option file, padding code can be replaced with specified single-
byte code.
• Assumption of shift code: When the first byte of a field is not a shift code, data conversion is in
single-byte format. When the first character of the field is double-byte, double-byte conversion will
be assumed by specifying TRAN_START_DOUBLE in the Edit Option file.
Customizing the Code Conversion Table
When converting from IBM Traditional Chinese to Big5, the Data Exchange Code Converter uses the
standard code conversion table shown in the following table. When using user-defined characters or
using anything other than standard Big5 characters, you will need to customize the Code Conversion
table.
Table 12 Big5 Code Conversion
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Include conversion information of EBCDIC and IBM Traditional Chinese to Big5HOSTBIG5
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