It only interprets the first five records in the file as ASCII values and writes them to the SAS log. The transport file remains unchanged. Code That Interprets an EBCDIC File as ASCII //PEEK JOB ...

is represented in binary code. Fortunately, there are only two methods in wide use: EBCDIC and ASCII. IBM's mainframes and midrange systems use EBCDIC. ASCII is used for everything else ...

In ASCII code, the enquiry ("enq") character is hex 05; in EBCDIC, it is 2D. See ASCII chart and EBCDIC. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.