The following conversion table is provided as a reference for ASCII and EBCDIC translation. When moving information (files or data buffers) between EBCDIC machines and ASCII machines it is quite often necessary to convert the information. If the data strings contain only display or printable characters then it is a straightforward, byte for byte conversion. However, in the real world the actual conversion of data strings between the ASCII and EBCDIC encoding schemas is usually more complicated than a simple byte for byte conversion. For example, if the data strings contain packed or binary data or control information then the data conversion becomes content sensitive.

For more information about the automated or programmatic conversion between EBCDIC and ASCII refer to the Downloads and Links to Similar Pages at the end of this document.

The ASCII and EBCDIC Tables

The following is the ASCII and EBCDIC translation tables. In addition to the ASCII and EBCDIC values the following tables include the decimal, hexadecimal and binary values.

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( Decimal 000-031 ) ( Hexadecimal 00-1F )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
000	00	NUL	NUL	0000 0000	016	10	DLE	DLE	0001 0000
001	01	SOH	SOH	0000 0001	017	11	DC1	DC1	0001 0001
002	02	STX	STX	0000 0010	018	12	DC2	DC2	0001 0010
003	03	ETX	ETX	0000 0011	019	13	DC3	DC3	0001 0011
004	04	SEL	EOT	0000 0100	020	14	RES/ENP	DC4	0001 0100
005	05	TAB	ENQ	0000 0101	021	15	NL	NAK	0001 0101
006	06	RNL	ACK	0000 0110	022	16	BS	SYN	0001 0110
007	07	DEL	BEL	0000 0111	023	17	POC	ETB	0001 0111
008	08	GE	BS	0000 1000	024	18	CAN	CAN	0001 1000
009	09	SPS	TAB	0000 1001	025	19	EM	EM	0001 1001
010	0A	RPT	LF	0000 1010	026	1A	UBS	SUB	0001 1010
011	0B	VT	VT	0000 1011	027	1B	CU1	ESC	0001 1011
012	0C	FF	FF	0000 1100	028	1C	IFS	FS	0001 1100
013	0D	CR	CR	0000 1101	029	1D	IGS	GS	0001 1101
014	0E	SO	SO	0000 1110	030	1E	IRS	RS	0001 1110
015	0F	SI	SI	0000 1111	031	1F	ITB/IUS	US	0001 1111

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( Decimal 032-063 ) ( Hexadecimal 20-3F )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
032	20	€	Space	0010 0000	048	30		0	0011 0000
033	21	SOS	!	0010 0001	049	31		1	0011 0001
034	22	FS	"	0010 0010	050	32	SYN	2	0011 0010
035	23	WUS	#	0010 0011	051	33	IR	3	0011 0011
036	24	BYP/INP	$	0010 0100	052	34	PP	4	0011 0100
037	25	LF	%	0010 0101	053	35	TRN	5	0011 0101
038	26	ETB	&	0010 0110	054	36	NBS	6	0011 0110
039	27	ESC	'	0010 0111	055	37	EOT	7	0011 0111
040	28	SA	(	0010 1000	056	38	SBS	8	0011 1000
041	29	SFE	)	0010 1001	057	39	IT	9	0011 1001
042	2A	SM/SW	*	0010 1010	058	3A	RFF	:	0011 1010
043	2B	CSP	+	0010 1011	059	3B	CU3	;	0011 1011
044	2C	MFA	, (comma)	0010 1100	060	3C	DC4	<	0011 1100
045	2D	ENQ	-	0010 1101	061	3D	NAK	=	0011 1101
046	2E	ACK	.	0010 1110	062	3E		>	0011 1110
047	2F	BEL	/	0010 1111	063	3F	SUB	?	0011 1111

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( Decimal 064-095 ) ( Hexadecimal 40-5F )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
064	40	Space	@	0100 0000	080	50	&	p	0101 0000
065	41	RSP	A	0100 0001	081	51	é	Q	0101 0001
066	42	â	B	0100 0010	082	52	ê	R	0101 0010
067	43	ä	C	0100 0011	083	53	ë	S	0101 0011
068	44	à	D	0100 0100	084	54	è	T	0101 0100
069	45	á	E	0100 0101	085	55	í	U	0101 0101
070	46	ã	F	0100 0110	086	56	î	V	0101 0110
071	47	å	G	0100 0111	087	57	ï	W	0101 0111
072	48	ç	H	0100 1000	088	58	ì	X	0101 1000
073	49	ñ	I	0100 1001	089	59	ß	Y	0101 1001
074	4A	¢	J	0100 1010	090	5A	!	Z	0101 1010
075	4B	.	K	0100 1011	091	5B	$	[	0101 1011
076	4C	<	L	0100 1100	092	5C	*	\	0101 1100
077	4D	(	M	0100 1101	093	5D	)	]	0101 1101
078	4E	+	N	0100 1110	094	5E	;	^	0101 1110
079	4F	\|	O	0100 1111	095	5F	¬	_	0101 1111

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( Decimal 096-127 ) ( Hexadecimal 60-7F )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
096	60	-	`	0110 0000	112	70	ø	p	0111 0000
097	61	/	a	0110 0001	113	71	É	q	0111 0001
098	62	Â	b	0110 0010	114	72	Ê	r	0111 0010
099	63	Ä	c	0110 0011	115	73	Ë	s	0111 0011
100	64	À	d	0110 0100	116	74	È	t	0111 0100
101	65	Á	e	0110 0101	117	75	Í	u	0111 0101
102	66	Ã	f	0110 0110	118	76	Î	v	0111 0110
103	67	Å	g	0110 0111	119	77	Ï	w	0111 0111
104	68	Ç	h	0110 1000	120	78	Ì	x	0111 1000
105	69	Ñ	i	0110 1001	121	79	`	y	0111 1001
106	6A	¦	j	0110 1010	122	7A	:	z	0111 1010
107	6B	, (comma)	k	0110 1011	123	7B	#	{	0111 1011
108	6C	%	l	0110 1100	124	7C	@	\|	0111 1100
109	6D	_	m	0110 1101	125	7D	'	}	0111 1101
110	6E	>	n	0110 1110	126	7E	=	~	0111 1110
111	6F	?	o	0110 1111	127	7F	"	DEL	0111 1111

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( Decimal 128-159 ) ( Hexadecimal 80-9F )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
128	80	Ø	€	1000 0000	144	90	DLE		1001 0000
129	81	a		1000 0001	145	91	j		1001 0001
130	82	b		1000 0010	146	92	k		1001 0010
131	83	c		1000 0011	147	93	l		1001 0011
132	84	d		1000 0100	148	94	m		1001 0100
133	85	e		1000 0101	149	95	n		1001 0101
134	86	f		1000 0110	150	96	0		1001 0110
135	87	g		1000 0111	151	97	p		1001 0111
136	88	h		1000 1000	152	98	q		1001 1000
137	89	i		1000 1001	153	99	r		1001 1001
138	8A			1000 1010	154	9A			1001 1010
139	8B			1000 1011	155	9B			1001 1011
140	8C			1000 1100	156	9C	Æ		1001 1100
141	8D	ý		1000 1101	157	9D			1001 1101
142	8E			1000 1110	158	9E	æ		1001 1110
143	8F			1000 1111	159	9F		Ÿ	1001 1111

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( Decimal 160-191 ) ( Hexadecimal A0-BF )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
160	A0			1010 0000	176	B0	^		1011 0000
161	A1	~		1010 0001	177	B1	£		1011 0001
162	A2	s	¢	1010 0010	178	B2	¥		1011 0010
163	A3	t	£	1010 0011	179	B3			1011 0011
164	A4	u		1010 0100	180	B4			1011 0100
165	A5	v	¥	1010 0101	181	B5			1011 0101
166	A6	w	¦	1010 0110	182	B6			1011 0110
167	A7	x		1010 0111	183	B7			1011 0111
168	A8	y		1010 1000	184	B8			1011 1000
169	A9	z	©	1010 1001	185	B9			1011 1001
170	AA			1010 1010	186	BA	[		1011 1010
171	AB			1010 1011	187	BB	]	»	1011 1011
172	AC		¬	1010 1100	188	BC			1011 1100
173	AD	Ý		1010 1101	189	BD			1011 1101
174	AE		®	1010 1110	190	BE			1011 1110
175	AF			1010 1111	191	BF			1011 1111

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( Decimal 192-223 ) ( Hexadecimal C0-DF )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
192	C0	{	À	1100 0000	208	D0	}		1101 0000
193	C1	A	Á	1100 0001	209	D1	J	Ñ	1101 0001
194	C2	B	Â	1100 0010	210	D2	K	Ò	1101 0010
195	C3	C	Ã	1100 0011	211	D3	L	Ó	1101 0011
196	C4	D	Ä	1100 0100	212	D4	M	Ô	1101 0100
197	C5	E	Å	1100 0101	213	D5	N	Õ	1101 0101
198	C6	F	Æ	1100 0110	214	D6	O	Ö	1101 0110
199	C7	G	Ç	1100 0111	215	D7	P		1101 0111
200	C8	H	È	1100 1000	216	D8	Q	Ø	1101 1000
201	C9	I	É	1100 1001	217	D9	R	Ù	1101 1001
202	CA		Ê	1100 1010	218	DA		Ú	1101 1010
203	CB	ô	Ë	1100 1011	219	DB	û	Û	1101 1011
204	CC	ö	Ì	1100 1100	220	DC	ü	Ü	1101 1100
205	CD	ò	Í	1100 1101	221	DD	ù	Ý	1101 1101
206	CE	ó	Î	1100 1110	222	DE	ú		1101 1110
207	CF	õ	Ï	1100 1111	223	DF	ÿ	ß	1101 1111

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( Decimal 224-255 ) ( Hexadecimal E0-FF )

DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY	DEC	HEX	EBCDIC	ASCII	BINARY
224	E0	\	à	1110 0000	240	F0	0		1111 0000
225	E1		á	1110 0001	241	F1	1	ñ	1111 0001
226	E2	S	â	1110 0010	242	F2	2	ò	1111 0010
227	E3	T	ã	1110 0011	243	F3	3	ó	1111 0011
228	E4	U	ä	1110 0100	244	F4	4	ô	1111 0100
229	E5	V	å	1110 0101	245	F5	5	õ	1111 0101
230	E6	W	æ	1110 0110	246	F6	6	ö	1111 0110
231	E7	X	ç	1110 0111	247	F7	7		1111 0111
232	E8	Y	è	1110 1000	248	F8	8	ø	1111 1000
233	E9	Z	é	1110 1001	249	F9	9	ù	1111 1001
234	EA		ê	1110 1010	250	FA		ú	1111 1010
235	EB	Ô	ë	1110 1011	251	FB	Û	û	1111 1011
236	EC	Ö	ì	1110 1100	252	FC	Ü	ü	1111 1100
237	ED	Ò	í	1110 1101	253	FD	Ù	ý	1111 1101
238	EE	Ó	î	1110 1110	254	FE	Ú		1111 1110
239	EF	Õ	ï	1110 1111	255	FF	Ÿ	ÿ	1111 1111

Decimal Values

0-31 | 32-63 | 64-95 | 96-127 | 128-159 | 160-191 | 192-223 | 224-255

Hexadecimal Values

00-1F | 20-3F | 40-5F | 60-7F | 80-9F | A0-BF | C0-DF | E0-FF

Alternate Codes, Grave, Acute, Circumflex, Umlaut and Tilde

The following table shows the ASCII and EBCDIC values for the alternate symbols of the Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Tilde and Umlaut. The "Courier New (fixed font)" and "Times Roman (proportional font)" fonts will display the following charactes.

Acute

Circumflex

Grave

Tilde

Umlaut

Sym	ASC	EBC
Á	C1	65
á	E1	45
É	C9	71
é	E9	51
Í	CD	75
í	ED	55
Ó	D3	EE
ó	F3	CE
Ú	DA	FE
ú	FA	DE
Ý	DD	AD
ý	FD	8D

Sym	ASC	EBC
Â	C2	62
â	E2	42
Ê	CA	72
ê	EA	52
Î	CE	76
î	EE	56
Ô	D4	EB
ô	F4	CB
Û	DB	FB
û	FB	DB

Sym	ASC	EBC
À	C0	64
à	E0	44
È	C8	74
è	E8	54
Ì	CC	78
ì	EC	58
Ò	D2	ED
ò	F2	CD
Ù	D9	FD
ù	F9	DD

Sym	ASC	EBC
Ã	C3	66
ã	E3	46




Õ	D5	EF
õ	F5	CF




Ñ	D1	69
ñ	F1	49

Sym	ASC	EBC
Ä	C4	63
ä	E4	43
Ë	CB	73
ë	EB	53
Ï	CF	77
ï	EF	57
Ö	D6	EC
ö	F6	CC
Ü	DC	FC
ü	FC	DC
Ÿ	9F	FF
ÿ	FF	DF

Alternate Codes, Currency and Additional Symbols

The following table shows the ASCII and EBCDIC values for currency symbols and more of the alternate symbols. The "Courier New (fixed font)" and "Times Roman (proportional font)" fonts will display the following characters.

Symbol	ASCII	EBCDIC	Comment
$	24 or 036	5B or 091	Dollar Sign
€	80 or 128	20 or 032	Euro Currency
¢	A2 or 162	4A or 074	US Cent Symbol
£	A3 or 163	B1 or 177	Pound
¥	A5 or 165	B2 or 178	Yen
¦	A6 or 166	6A or 106	Two-Piece Vertical Bar
ß	DF or 223	59 or 089	Strasse, Germany
Å	C5 or 197	67 or 103	A-ring
å	E5 or 229	47 or 071	a-ring
Ç	C7 or 199	68 or 104	letter "C" with cedilla (upper case)
ç	E7 or 231	48 or 072	letter "c" with cedilla (lower case)
Ø	D8 or 216	80 or 128	O-slash
ø	F8 or 248	70 or 112	o-slash
Æ	C6 or 198	9C or 156	Diphthong
æ	E6 or 230	9E or 158	Diphthong
¬	AC or 172	5F or 095	Logical NOT Symbol

Note: The ASCII and EBCDIC columns of the preceding table show the two-byte hexadecimal notation or the three-digit numeric value for the symbol.

Copyright and Registered Trademark Symbols

Another way to accomplish the task is to use the following.

The copyright symbol © (a circled "C" Character) may be placed in an HTML document using the © text string.
The Registered Trademark symbol ® (a circled "R" Character) may be placed in an HTML document using the ® text string.
The trademark symbol ™ (a "TM" in superscript) may be placed in an HTML document using the ™ text string.

Summary

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Downloads and Links to Similar Pages

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Explore the Principles of Data File Conversion. This link includes guidelines for defining requirements and determining the scope of effort for a data conversion effort.

Explore How to Generate a Data File Convert Program using simple specification statements in a Process Control File. This link to the User Guide includes the information necessary to create a Process Control File and generate the COBOL programs that will do the actual data file conversion.

Explore The Binary or COMP format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS COMP" or "USAGE IS BINARY" clause.

Explore The Edited for Display format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be used with an edit-mask to prepare the presentation for readability by human beings.

Explore The Packed-Decimal or COMP-3 format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is supported by COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS COMP-3" clause.

Explore The Zoned-Decimal format for numeric data strings. This numeric structure is the default numeric for COBOL and may be explicitly defined with the "USAGE IS DISPLAY" clause.

Explore commonly used formats and processing techniques for managing various numeric formats available on the mainframe.

Explore the Numbers Connection for additional information about the structure and processing of numeric data items (or numeric fields).

Explore the cycle of converting and transferring non-relational data files between an IBM Mainframe System and a Windows, Linux or UNIX System. This discussion will leverage the non-relational file suport provided by Micro Focus for the distributed systems.

Explore The File Status Return Codes to interpret the results of accessing VSAM data sets and/or QSAM files.

Downloads and Links, Internet Access Required

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A good place to start is The SimoTime Home Page via Internet Connect for access to white papers, program examples and product information.

Explore The Micro Focus Web Site via Internet Connect for more information about products and services available from Micro Focus.

Glossary of Terms

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