Character Sets and Collating Sequences
Table 1 lists the ASCII and EBCDIC character sets and collating
sequences, and show the hexadecimal equivalent of the characters. For each
ASCII and EBCDIC character, a further column contains an X if the character
is not available as part of the recognized COBOL character set.
See your COBOL system documentation for details of the ALPHASTART and SYMBSTART
Compiler directives, which set the number from which the compiler counts positions
in the collating sequence.
The EBCDIC column shows the IBM standard U.S. bit pattern assignments. Some
characters have a different bit pattern in different languages, and these
are boxed within the table.
Hex |
ASCII |
EBCDIC |
Character |
COBOL |
Character |
COBOL |
00 |
NUL |
X |
NUL |
X |
01 |
SOH |
X |
SOH |
X |
02 |
STX |
X |
STX |
X |
03 |
ETX |
X |
ETX |
X |
04 |
EOT |
X |
SEL |
X |
05 |
ENQ |
X |
HT |
X |
06 |
ACK |
X |
RNL |
X |
07 |
BEL |
X |
DEL |
X |
08 |
BS |
X |
GE |
X |
09 |
HT |
X |
SPS |
X |
0A |
LF |
X |
RPT |
X |
0B |
VT |
X |
VT |
X |
0C |
FF |
X |
FF |
X |
0D |
CR |
X |
CR |
X |
0E |
SO |
X |
SO |
X |
0F |
SI |
X |
SI |
X |
10 |
DLE |
X |
DLE |
X |
11 |
DCI |
X |
DC1 |
X |
12 |
DC2 |
X |
DC2 |
X |
13 |
DC3 |
X |
DC3 |
X |
14 |
DC4 |
X |
RES/ENP |
X |
15 |
NAK |
X |
NL |
X |
16 |
SYN |
X |
BS |
X |
17 |
ETB |
X |
POC |
X |
18 |
CAN |
X |
CAN |
X |
19 |
EM |
X |
EM |
X |
1A |
SUB |
X |
UBS |
X |
1B |
ESC |
X |
CU1 |
X |
1C |
FS |
X |
IFS |
X |
1D |
GS |
X |
IGS |
X |
1E |
RS |
X |
IRS |
X |
1F |
US |
X |
ITB/IUS |
X |
20 |
SPACE |
|
DS |
X |
21 |
! |
X |
SOS |
X |
22 |
" |
|
FS |
X |
23 |
# |
X |
WUS |
X |
24 |
$ |
|
BYP/INP |
X |
25 |
% |
X |
LF |
X |
26 |
& |
|
ETB |
X |
27 |
' |
|
ESC |
X |
28 |
( |
|
SA |
X |
29 |
) |
|
SFE |
X |
2A |
* |
|
SM/SW |
X |
2B |
+ |
|
CSP |
X |
2C |
, |
|
MFA |
X |
2D |
– |
|
ENQ |
X |
2E |
. |
|
ACK |
X |
2F |
/ |
|
BEL |
X |
30 |
0 |
|
|
X |
31 |
1 |
|
|
X |
32 |
2 |
|
SYN |
X |
33 |
3 |
|
IR |
X |
34 |
4 |
|
PP |
X |
35 |
5 |
|
TRN |
X |
36 |
6 |
|
NBS |
X |
37 |
7 |
|
EOT |
X |
38 |
8 |
|
SBS |
X |
39 |
9 |
|
IT |
X |
3A |
: |
|
RFF |
X |
3B |
; |
|
CU3 |
X |
3C |
< |
|
DC4 |
X |
3D |
= |
|
NAK |
X |
3E |
> |
|
|
X |
3F |
? |
X |
SUB |
X |
40 |
@ |
X |
SP |
X |
41 |
A |
|
RSP |
X |
42 |
B |
|
|
X |
43 |
C |
|
|
X |
44 |
D |
|
|
X |
45 |
E |
|
|
X |
46 |
F |
|
|
X |
47 |
G |
|
|
X |
48 |
H |
|
|
X |
49 |
I |
|
|
X |
4A |
J |
|
c (cent) |
X |
4B |
K |
|
. |
X |
4C |
L |
|
< |
X |
4D |
M |
|
( |
X |
4E |
N |
|
+ |
X |
4F |
O |
|
| |
X |
50 |
P |
|
& |
|
51 |
Q |
|
|
X |
52 |
R |
|
|
X |
53 |
S |
|
|
X |
54 |
T |
|
|
X |
55 |
U |
|
|
X |
56 |
V |
|
|
X |
57 |
W |
|
|
X |
58 |
X |
|
|
X |
59 |
Y |
|
|
X |
5A |
Z |
|
! |
X |
5B |
|
X |
$ |
|
5C |
|
X |
* |
|
5D |
|
X |
) |
|
5E |
|
X |
; |
|
5F |
|
X |
¬ |
X |
60 |
|
X |
– |
|
61 |
a |
|
/ |
|
62 |
b |
|
|
X |
63 |
c |
|
|
X |
64 |
d |
|
|
X |
65 |
e |
|
|
X |
66 |
f |
|
|
X |
67 |
g |
|
|
X |
68 |
h |
|
|
X |
69 |
i |
|
|
X |
6A |
j |
|
| |
X |
6B |
k |
|
, |
|
6C |
l |
|
% |
X |
6D |
m |
|
_ |
X |
6E |
n |
|
> |
|
6F |
o |
|
? |
X |
70 |
p |
|
. |
X |
71 |
q |
|
|
X |
72 |
r |
|
|
X |
73 |
s |
|
|
X |
74 |
t |
|
|
X |
75 |
u |
|
|
X |
76 |
v |
|
|
X |
77 |
w |
|
|
X |
78 |
x |
|
|
X |
79 |
y |
|
` |
X |
7A |
z |
|
: |
|
7B |
|
X |
# |
X |
7C |
|
X |
@ |
X |
7D |
|
X |
' |
|
7E |
|
X |
= |
|
7F |
DEL |
X |
" |
|
80 |
|
|
|
X |
81 |
|
|
a |
|
82 |
|
|
b |
|
83 |
|
|
c |
|
84 |
|
|
d |
|
85 |
|
|
e |
|
86 |
|
|
f |
|
87 |
|
|
g |
|
88 |
|
|
h |
|
89 |
|
|
i |
|
8A |
|
|
|
X |
8B |
|
|
|
X |
8C |
|
|
|
X |
8D |
|
|
|
X |
8E |
|
|
|
X |
8F |
|
|
|
X |
90 |
|
|
|
X |
91 |
|
|
j |
|
92 |
|
|
k |
|
93 |
|
|
l |
|
94 |
|
|
m |
|
95 |
|
|
n |
|
96 |
|
|
o |
|
97 |
|
|
p |
|
98 |
|
|
q |
|
99 |
|
|
r |
|
9A |
|
|
|
X |
9B |
|
|
|
X |
9C |
|
|
|
X |
9D |
|
|
|
X |
9E |
|
|
|
X |
9F |
|
|
|
X |
A0 |
|
|
|
X |
A1 |
|
|
~ |
X |
A2 |
|
|
s |
|
A3 |
|
|
t |
|
A4 |
|
|
u |
|
A5 |
|
|
v |
|
A6 |
|
|
w |
|
A7 |
|
|
x |
|
A8 |
|
|
y |
|
A9 |
|
|
z |
|
AA |
|
|
|
X |
AB |
|
|
|
X |
AC |
|
|
|
X |
AD |
|
|
|
X |
AE |
|
|
|
X |
AF |
|
|
|
X |
B0 |
|
|
|
X |
B1 |
|
|
|
X |
B2 |
|
|
|
X |
B3 |
|
|
|
X |
B4 |
|
|
|
X |
B5 |
|
|
|
X |
B6 |
|
|
|
X |
B7 |
|
|
|
X |
B8 |
|
|
|
X |
B9 |
|
|
|
X |
BA |
|
|
|
X |
BB |
|
|
|
X |
BC |
|
|
|
X |
BD |
|
|
|
X |
BE |
|
|
|
X |
BF |
|
|
|
X |
C0 |
|
|
( |
X |
C1 |
|
|
A |
|
C2 |
|
|
B |
|
C3 |
|
|
C |
|
C4 |
|
|
D |
|
C5 |
|
|
E |
|
C6 |
|
|
F |
|
C7 |
|
|
G |
|
C8 |
|
|
H |
|
C9 |
|
|
I |
|
CA |
|
|
SHY |
X |
CB |
|
|
|
X |
CC |
|
|
|
X |
CD |
|
|
|
X |
CE |
|
|
|
X |
CF |
|
|
|
X |
D0 |
|
|
) |
X |
D1 |
|
|
J |
|
D2 |
|
|
K |
|
D3 |
|
|
L |
|
D4 |
|
|
M |
|
D5 |
|
|
N |
|
D6 |
|
|
O |
|
D7 |
|
|
P |
|
D8 |
|
|
Q |
|
D9 |
|
|
R |
|
DA |
|
|
|
X |
DB |
|
|
|
X |
DC |
|
|
|
X |
DD |
|
|
|
X |
DE |
|
|
|
X |
DF |
|
|
|
X |
E0 |
|
|
\ |
X |
E1 |
|
|
NSP |
X |
E2 |
|
|
S |
|
E3 |
|
|
T |
|
E4 |
|
|
U |
|
E5 |
|
|
V |
|
E6 |
|
|
W |
|
E7 |
|
|
X |
|
E8 |
|
|
Y |
|
E9 |
|
|
Z |
|
EA |
|
|
|
X |
EB |
|
|
|
X |
EC |
|
|
|
X |
ED |
|
|
|
X |
EE |
|
|
|
X |
EF |
|
|
|
X |
F0 |
|
|
0 |
|
F1 |
|
|
1 |
|
F2 |
|
|
2 |
|
F3 |
|
|
3 |
|
F4 |
|
|
4 |
|
F5 |
|
|
5 |
|
F6 |
|
|
6 |
|
F7 |
|
|
7 |
|
F8 |
|
|
8 |
|
F9 |
|
|
9 |
|
FA |
|
|
| |
X |
FB |
|
|
|
X |
FC |
|
|
|
X |
FD |
|
|
|
X |
FE |
|
|
|
X |
FF |
|
|
E0 |
X |
Table 1: Character Set Encoding and
Collating Sequence