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EPI SUBUNPT—Set Substitute Character for Unprintable Characters

The EPI SUBUNPT command affects how the RDSCREEN and RDSCRROW commands return unprintable characters.

EPI SUBUNPT has the following format:

ADDRESS EPI "SUBUNPT keywords"
{sub_char}
{ON|OFF}
sub_char

Defines the character to be substituted for all unprintable characters of output from the RDSCREEN and RDSCRROW commands. This value can be a single character or a numeric value from 0 through 255 that corresponds to the EBCDIC value of the desired character.

ON

Tells EPI to translate unprintable characters. This value reverses the effects of a previously issued SUBUNPT OFF command.

OFF

(Default) Tells EPI not to translate unprintable characters.

EPI SUBUNPT Sample Coding Statements

The following sample coding statement sets the substitute character for unprintable characters to a slash and turns translation for these characters on:

SUBUNPT / ON