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How to get character code (ASCII and Unicode) in COBOL

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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. AsciiExample.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 My-Char     PIC X VALUE "A".
01 Ascii-Code  PIC 9(3).   

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
    *> Subtract 1 to convert from 1-based ordinal position to 0-based ASCII value
    COMPUTE Ascii-Code = FUNCTION ORD(My-Char) - 1
    
    DISPLAY "Character: " My-Char
    DISPLAY "ASCII Code: " Ascii-Code

    STOP RUN.
    

*> run:
*>
*> Character: A
*> ASCII Code: 065
*> 

 



answered Apr 15 by avibootz
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