In an internationalized
environment, it is often necessary to convert data from one code set to
another. The following converter subroutines are supported for this
purpose:
iconv_open | Performs the initialization required to convert characters from the code set specified by the FromCode parameter to the code set specified by the ToCode parameter. |
iconv | Invokes the converter function using the descriptor obtained from the iconv_open subroutine. |
iconv_close | Closes the conversion descriptor specified by the cd variable and makes it usable again. |
ccsidtocs | Returns the code-set name of the corresponding coded character set IDs (CCSID). |
cstoccsid | Returns the CCSID of the corresponding code-set name. |
For more information about multibyte character subroutines see National Language Support Subroutines Overview.
For more NLS subroutines see List of National Language Support Subroutines.