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Specifying dbcs search argument format for table services

z/OS ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference
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For table services, you can specify either a DBCS or MIX (DBCS and EBCDIC) format string as a search argument. If either is used as a generic search argument, such as xxx* (any argument whose first three characters are ‘xxx’), the argument must be specified as follows:
  • DBCS format string
    DBDBDBDB**
    where DBDBDBDB represents a 4-character DBCS string and ** is a single DBCS character representing the asterisk (*).
  • MIX (DBCS and EBCDIC) format string
    eeee[DBDBDBDBDB]*
    where eeee represents a 4-character EBCDIC string, DBDBDBDBDB represents a 5-character DBCS string, [ and ] represent shift-out and shift-in characters, and * is an asterisk in single-byte EBCDIC format.

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