Version 4.2.6 for Mainframes
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UTAB1 - Lower-to-Upper-Case Translation

This Natural profile parameter allows you to overwrite the definitions in the translation table NTUTAB1 as contained in the configuration module NATCONFG. The NTUTAB1 table is used for lower-to-upper-case translation.

UTAB1 corresponds to the NTUTAB1 macro in the Natural parameter module NATPARM.

Possible settings   See UTAB1 Parameter Syntax below.
Default setting   As specified within the macro NTUTAB1 in NATCONFG.
Dynamic specification yes This parameter can only be specified dynamically. In the Natural parameter module NATPARM, the macro NTUTAB1 must be used instead.
Specification within session no  

The following topics are covered below:


UTAB1 Parameter Syntax

The UTAB1 parameter is specified as follows:

UTAB1=(a1,a2,b1,b2,c1,c2,...)

You specify pairs of characters, the first character of a pair being a lower-case character to be translated, the second character of a pair being the upper-case character into which the lower-case character is to be translated.

You can specify each character either as the one-byte character itself (enclosed in apostrophes) or as the two-byte hexadecimal representation of that character.

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NTUTAB1 Macro Syntax

The NTUTAB1 macro is specified as follows:

NTUTAB1 a1,a2,b1,b2,c1,c2,...

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Example of NTUTAB1 Macro

NTUTAB1 5E,'Ä','ö',78,FF,00,'ü','Ü'

In this example, the character represented by H'5E' is translated into 'Ä', 'ö' into the character represented by H'78', the character represented by H'FF' into the character represented by H'00', and 'ü' into 'Ü'.

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Example of UTAB1 Parameter

With the UTAB1 parameter, you must enclose the entire string of character pairs in parentheses, for example:

UTAB1=(5E,'Ä','ö',78,FF,00,'ü','Ü')

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