Translation table for generic string characters

The translation table for generic string characters (Table 1) is used to assign a mask value to a character representing a subset of characters. The characters are defined in the Generic String Special Character (GSS) table, Table 1.

Table Hexadecimal Code (Mask Value) Code Mask Offset

TTGSC

DC X'00'
DC X'01'
DC X'02'
DC X'04'
DC X'08'
DC X'10'
DC X'20'
DC X'40'
DC X'80'
DC X'FF'
DC X'30'
DC X'7F'
DC X'FF'
DC X'FF'
DC X'FF'
DC X'FF'
DC X'40'
DC X'20'
DC X'10'
DC X'30'
DC X'FF'
DC X'FF'
DC X'FF'

X'00' Any character
X'01' Invalid characters
X'02' Special characters
X'03' APL/TEXT Special
X'04' APL/TEXT Alpha
X'05' Lower alpha
X'06' Upper alpha
X'07' Numeric
X'08' User defined character set
X'09' (RESERVED)
X'0A' Alpha
X'0B' Nonblank
X'0C' (RESERVED)
X'0D' (RESERVED)
X'0E' (RESERVED)
X'0F' (RESERVED)
X'10' Not numeric
X'11' Not upper
X'12' Not lower
X'13' Not alpha
X'14' (RESERVED)
X'15' (RESERVED)
X'16' (RESERVED)