Re: chr function on z/OS.

[email protected] (Nick Ing-Simmons) Mon, 06 Jun 2005 18:58:45 +0100

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Rajarshi Das <[email protected]> writes:
>Hi,
>
>I have a basic doubt regarding unicode and z/OS
>(ebcdic : ibm-1047).
>
>$a = chr(0x00A1);
>
>$b = chr(0xA1); 
>
>Should $a and $b be equal or yield different results
>on ebcdic ? 

As far as I know they should be the same.
chr() takes a number and the two forms above are the same number.

But "\xa1" and "\x{00a1}"  may differ.

The \x{} style (at least once-upon-a-time) implies Unicode numbering.