Convert::EBCDIC 0.06

Convert::EBCDIC, ascii2ebcdic, ebcdic2ascii is a Perl module for string conversion between EBCDIC and ASCII.

SYNOPSIS

use Convert::EBCDIC;
$ascii_string = ebcdic2ascii($ebcdic_string);
$ebcdic_string = ascci2ebcdic($ascii_string);

$translator = new Convert::EBCDIC;
$translator = new Convert::EBCDIC($table);
$ascii_string = $translator->toascii($ebcdic_string);
$ebcdic_string = $translator->toebcdic($ascii_string);

$Convert::EBCDIC::ccsid819

This module can be used to import then functions ascii2ebcdic and/or ebcdic2ascii or in an Object mode.

Exported Functions:

ascii2ebcdic()
takes as the first argument a EBCDIC string that is to be converted to ASCII using default converion table.

ebcdic2ascii()
takes as the first argument a ASCII string that is to be converted to EBCDIC using default converion table.

Object methods:

new()
creates a new translator object. Will take an optional argument being a 256 character conversion table.

toascii()
takes and ASCII string and return and EBCDIC string.

toebcdic()
takes and EBCDIC string and return and ASCII string.

Translation tables:

$Convert::EBCDIC::ccsid819
Character Code Set ID 00819. This is the default on most systems.

$Convert::EBCDIC::ccsid1047
Character Code Set ID 01047. This is the default on OS390.