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Ideographic Character Text

The following table describes the default characteristics of the IGC field.

Field Type Attribute

Shipped Default Value

Default Override

Field Details Override

Device Field Override

Implementation name

System data type

External length

Internal length

Decimal places

xxIG

Alpha

20

as external

-

-

N

-

Y

-

Y

N

Y

-

-

N

N

-

N

-

LHS text (Column headings)

RHS text

Field name

IGC Text

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Keyboard shift

Allow lowercase

Mandatory fill

Valid system name

Mod 10/11 check

O

-

N

N

-

N

N

Y

Y

-

Y

-

Y

-

-

N

-

N

-

-

Check condition

Translate values

*NONE

-

N

-

Y

-

Y

-

Field exit option

Edit codes: Input

Output

Report

N

-

-

-

Y

-

-

-

N

-

-

-

Y

-

-

-

The IGC type is used for fields that contain both ideographic and alphanumeric data. Ideographic data consists of Japanese, Korean or Chinese characters. The fields have the default keyboard shift O.

The source generated for files containing IGC fields automatically contains the necessary keywords, such as IGCCNV. Examples of IGC fields include:

For more information on keyboard shifts and ideographic enhancements, refer to IBM i DDS Reference, Appendix I.