HEX Values for Super script s and t

shan007 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2009 Posts: 3 Location: bangalore

What is the HEX value for the superscript s & t.

Thanks for your help in advance.

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:40 am

Hello,

You need to post more detail.

What does "superscript s & t" mean to you?

Keep in mind that what you want to know is completely clear to you, but may not be clear to others who whould help if they understood the question.

Bill O'Boyle · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:40 am

Please define a "Superscript" as it relates to Mainframe COBOL.

Do you mean "Subscript" use for a table?

If so, then review the source code for the definitions of variables "S" and "T" and post them.

If they truly are subscripts, the most optimum definition will be unsigned binary fullwords, PIC 9(09) COMP.

Bill

Robert Sample · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:51 am

When you say "HEX value", you are being extremely unclear. Do you mean the EBCDIC hex value used on the mainframe, the ASCII hex value used on a PC, or do you mean the hex value on some other code page yet to be determined? The code page determines the character set which determines what the hex values are for each character -- and EBCDIC, for example, has more than one code page so characters on one EBCDIC code page do not map exactly to characters on another EBCDIC code page.

shan007 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2009 Posts: 3 Location: bangalore

Thanks so much for you reply.

I want to print in the output statement "st" as in 31 St dec or 1st jan. I need to pass hex value for the superscript s,t. In order to print the superscript st in the output statement.

Plz let me know if you need more info.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:08 am

You need to look at Your <printer> manuals!

Robert Sample · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:57 am

Depending upon the printer, it may -- or may not -- be possible to do what you are wanting. As enrico says, look at the printer manual.

Ronald Burr · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:17 am

Also, consider the possibly that you will need the codes for the letters "d", "h", "n" and "r" as well - since "st" would not be not be the appropriate superscript for dates ending in:

0 (superscript should be "th"),
2 (superscript could be either "th" (for 12th) or "nd" (for 2nd or 22nd)),
3 (superscript could be either "th" (for 13th) or "rd" (for 3rd or 23rd)), or
4-9 (superscript should be "th").

Kjeld · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:18 am

I assume you with 'superscript' mean printing the ordinal letters in a smaller font elevated from the surrounding font image.

In standard EBCDIC nor ASCII, there are no values representing separate superscript characters.

You can only accomplish this by changing the font or character set for the desired characters to print, so you have to look that up depending on what printer types you need to support.