MPE XL Native Language Programmer's Guide: 900 Series HP 3000 Computer Systems

Appendix A Character Sets

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NLS supports ten character sets containing the following native languages:

Table A-1 Languages Supported by NLS

Language	Name	Language	Language
Set		ID
Number		Number
0	USASCII	00	NATIVE-3000
1	ROMAN8	00	NATIVE-3000
		01	AMERICAN, ENGLISH
		02	CANADIAN-FRENCH
		03	DANISH
		04	DUTCH
		05	ENGLISH
		06	FINNISH
		07	FRENCH
		08	GERMAN
		09	ITALIAN
		10	NORWEGIAN
		11	PORTUGUESE
		12	SPANISH
		13	SWEDISH
		14	ICELANDIC
2	KANA8	00	NATIVE-3000
		41	KATAKANA
3	ARABIC8	51	ARABIC
		52	WESTERN ARABIC
4	GREEK8	61	GREEK
6	TURKISH8	81	TURKISH
51	PRC15	201	SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
			(CHINESE-S)
56	ROC15	211	TRADITIONAL CHINESE
			(CHINESE-T)
61	JAPAN15	221	JAPANESE
66	KOREA15	231	KOREAN

The following items are defined for every supported language:

The upshift and downshift table.
The collating sequence table.
The ASCII-to-EBCDIC and EBCDIC-to-ASCII translate tables.
The long date format (the DATELINE format).
The short date format (the custom date format).
The time format.
The currency symbol (one character).
The currency descriptor (up to four characters).
The position and spacing of the currency sign.
The decimal and thousands separators for numbers.
The equivalents of YES and NO (both up to six characters).
The full weekday names (up to twelve characters).
The abbreviated weekday names (up to three characters).
The full month names (up to twelve characters).
The abbreviated month names (up to four characters).
The National Date table (where applicable).

The character sets supported by NLS are included on the following pages:

Figure A-1 USASCII Character Set

[USASCII Character Set]

Figure A-2 ROMAN8 Character Set

[ROMAN8 Character Set]

Figure A-3 KANA8 Character Set

[KANA8 Character Set]

Figure A-4 ARABIC8 Character Set

[ARABIC8 Character Set]

Figure A-5 GREEK8 Character Set

[GREEK8 Character Set]

Figure A-6 TURKISH8 Character Set

[TURKISH8 Character Set]

Figure A-7 PRC15 Character Set

[PRC15 Character Set]

Figure A-8 ROC15 Character Set

[ROC15 Character Set]

Figure A-9 JAPAN15 Character Set

[JAPAN15 Character Set]

Figure A-10 KOREA15 Character Set

[KOREA15 Character Set]