Character Sets

APPC/MVS makes use of character strings composed of characters from one of the following character sets:

Character set 01134, which is composed of the uppercase letters A through Z and numerals 0-9.
Character set Type A, which is composed of the uppercase letters A through Z, numerals 0-9, national characters (@, $, #), and must begin with either an alphabetic or a national character.
Character set 00640, which is composed of the uppercase and lowercase letters A through Z, numerals 0-9, and 19 special characters. Note that APPC/MVS does not allow blanks in 00640 character strings.

These character sets, along with hexadecimal and graphic representations, are provided in the following table:

Table 1. Character Sets 01134, Type A, and 00640
Hex Code	Graphic	Description	Character Set
Hex Code	Graphic	Description	01134	Type A	00640
40		Blank
4B	.	Period			X
4C	<	Less than sign			X
4D	(	Left parenthesis			X
4E	+	Plus sign			X
50	&	Ampersand			X
5B	$	Dollar sign		X (Note 1)
5C	*	Asterisk			X (Note 2)
5D	)	Right parenthesis			X
5E	;	Semicolon			X
60	–	Dash			X
61	⁄	Slash			X
6B	,	Comma			X (Note 3)
6C	%	Percent sign			X
6D	_	Underscore			X
6E	>	Greater than sign			X
6F	?	Question mark			X
7A	:	Colon			X
7B	#	Pound sign		X (Note 1)
7C	@	At sign		X (Note 1)
7D	'	Single quote			X
7E	=	Equals sign			X
7F	"	Double quote			X
81	a	Lowercase a			X
82	b	Lowercase b			X
83	c	Lowercase c			X
84	d	Lowercase d			X
85	e	Lowercase e			X
86	f	Lowercase f			X
87	g	Lowercase g			X
88	h	Lowercase h			X
89	i	Lowercase i			X
91	j	Lowercase j			X
92	k	Lowercase k			X
93	l	Lowercase l			X
94	m	Lowercase m			X
95	n	Lowercase n			X
96	o	Lowercase o			X
97	p	Lowercase p			X
98	q	Lowercase q			X
99	r	Lowercase r			X
A2	s	Lowercase s			X
A3	t	Lowercase t			X
A4	u	Lowercase u			X
A5	v	Lowercase v			X
A6	w	Lowercase w			X
A7	x	Lowercase x			X
A8	y	Lowercase y			X
A9	z	Lowercase z			X
C1	A	Uppercase A	X	X	X
C2	B	Uppercase B	X	X	X
C3	C	Uppercase C	X	X	X
C4	D	Uppercase D	X	X	X
C5	E	Uppercase E	X	X	X
C6	F	Uppercase F	X	X	X
C7	G	Uppercase G	X	X	X
C8	H	Uppercase H	X	X	X
C9	I	Uppercase I	X	X	X
D1	J	Uppercase J	X	X	X
D2	K	Uppercase K	X	X	X
D3	L	Uppercase L	X	X	X
D4	M	Uppercase M	X	X	X
D5	N	Uppercase N	X	X	X
D6	O	Uppercase O	X	X	X
D7	P	Uppercase P	X	X	X
D8	Q	Uppercase Q	X	X	X
D9	R	Uppercase R	X	X	X
E2	S	Uppercase S	X	X	X
E3	T	Uppercase T	X	X	X
E4	U	Uppercase U	X	X	X
E5	V	Uppercase V	X	X	X
E6	W	Uppercase W	X	X	X
E7	X	Uppercase X	X	X	X
E8	Y	Uppercase Y	X	X	X
E9	Z	Uppercase Z	X	X	X
F0	0	Zero	X	X	X
F1	1	One	X	X	X
F2	2	Two	X	X	X
F3	3	Three	X	X	X
F4	4	Four	X	X	X
F5	5	Five	X	X	X
F6	6	Six	X	X	X
F7	7	Seven	X	X	X
F8	8	Eight	X	X	X
F9	9	Nine	X	X	X

Note:

Avoid these characters because they display differently depending on the national language code page in use.
Avoid using the asterisk in TP names because it causes a subset list request when entered on panels of the APPC administration dialog and in DISPLAY APPC commands.
Avoid using the comma in TP names because it acts as a parameter delimiter when entered in DISPLAY APPC commands.