Using the SET Command Panel to set the representation of special characters

Setting the representation of the dollar sign and backslash sign influences how profile variables are shown in online screens.

The following steps explain how to set the representation of these special characters:

1. Type a $ character in the Dollar field using your keyboard, and then press Enter.
2. Type a \ character in the BACKSLASH field using your keyboard, and then press Enter.

After each time that you press enter, the following message is displayed at the top of the screen:

CTMA2DI THE NEW {DOLLAR | BACKSLASH} REPRESENTATION IS "c"(X'yy')

where

• c is the character that you set, either $ or \
• yy is the EBCDIC hexadecimal code for the character
  Note that there are differences in the EBCDIC hexadecimal code for these special characters on keyboards that have been adapted to show local or national symbols.
  The default values (based on standard English keyboards) are 5B for the dollar sign and E0 for the backslash sign.