perl-Convert-EBCDIC

Perl module for string conversion between EBCDIC and ASCII

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.