National characters

Z Data Tools uses the national characters shown in National characters.
Table 1. National characters

This table has three columns, except for the final row, "Note:", which spans all three columns.
Character Hexadecimal value Displayed as, in code pages 37 and 500
Dollar sign X'5B' $
Pound sign X'7B' #
At sign X'7C' @
Note:
  1. The dollar sign ($) and the pound sign (#) have special syntactical meaning in Z Data Tools syntax.
  2. The at sign (@) is the default value used for the Null column input indicator.
  3. In countries using code pages other than 37 and 500:
    1. The dollar sign ($), pound sign (#), and at sign (@) as represented on terminal keyboards might generate a different hexadecimal representation, and this might cause an error or unwanted results. For example, in some countries the $ character might generate a X'4A'.
    2. The hexadecimal values in National characters might display as different characters to those shown.
When you enter Z Data Tools commands in batch or online, use the keyboard characters that correspond to the hexadecimal values shown in National characters.