TO_INCODE function

KANJI

Specify the Kanji code type that applies to the character string to be converted.

The table below describes the setting values for kanji encoding types.

Table A.14 Kanji code types for TO_INCODE

Setting value	Meaning
S SJIS	Convert from Shift JIS to the input-character encoding.
E EUC	Convert from EUC to the input-character encoding.
8 UTF-8	Convert from UTF-8 to the input-character encoding.
6 UTF-16	Convert from the Unicode byte order of the UTF-16 local host kanji encoding type to the input-character encoding. (Windows, Linux: Little Endian) (UNIX, zLinux: Big Endian)
UTF-16BE	Convert from UTF-16 Big Endian to the input character encoding.
UTF-16LE	Convert from UTF-16 Little Endian to the input character encoding.
I IBM	Convert from IBM kanji to the input character encoding.
K KEIS	Convert from KEIS to the input character encoding.
J JEF	Convert from JEF to the input character encoding.
N NEC	Convert from NEC kanji to the input character encoding.
Z JIS	Convert from JIS to the input character encoding.
Other than the above	Error

Specification of the same kanji code type for KANJI and for input is acceptable. An error will not occur.

STRING_TYPE

Specify to which type to convert the strings to. (This parameter can be omitted.)

If you omit this parameter, M is set. Null is not regarded as an omission and causes an error.

The table below describes field types of setting values and their descriptions.

Table A.15 TO_INCODE conversion method

Setting value	Meaning
X	Convert as characters.
M	Convert as variable-length characters.
N	Convert as double-byte graphic characters.
Other than the above	Error

EBCDIC

Specify a single-byte encoding type for target strings. (This parameter can be omitted.)

If omitted, the following values are set.

• If EUC, Shift JIS, UTF-8, or UTF-16 is specified for Kanji code type, ASCII is set.

• If IBM, KEIS, JEF, NEC, or JIS is specified for Kanji code type, EBCDIC KANA is set.

If EUC, Shift JIS, UTF-8, or UTF-16 is specified for the kanji encoding type, you can set ASCII only. Even if you specify other encodings, the conversion is processed as ASCII.

ASCII can specify EUC, Shift JIS, UTF-8, UTF-16, and JIS only. An error occurs if a different kanji encoding type is specified.

Table A.16 TO_INCODE format symbol

Setting value	Meaning
A EBCDIC KANA	Convert by EBCDIC kana.
B EBCDIC LOWERCASE	Convert by EBCDIC lowercase.
C EBCDIC ASCII	Convert by EBCDIC ASCII.
D EBCDIC ASPEN	Convert by EBCDIC ASPEN.
E IBM STANDARD	Convert by Japan (Latin) for IBM.
F IBM STANDARD EXTENSION	Convert by Japan (Latin) Extended for IBM.
G NEC KANA	Convert by NEC Katakana.
H IBM KANA EXTENSION	Convert by Japan (Katakana) Extended for IBM.
Z ASCII	Convert by ASCII.
Other than the above	Error