CHARSET Statement

The CHARSET statement specifies the contents of one or more of the character segments of a library character set module. A library character set module consists of header information followed by 64 character segments. Each character segment contains the character's 6-bit code for a WCGM location, its scan pattern, and its pitch. You can use the INCLUDE statement to copy an entire module, minus any segments deleted using the DELSEG keyword. In addition, you can use the CHARSET statement to select character segments from any module named with a library character set ID or the GCM keyword. The CHARSET statement can also specify the scan pattern and characteristics for a new character.

The CHARSET statement must always be followed by a NAME statement, another CHARSET statement, or one or more data statements. The CHARSET statement must be preceded by an OPTION statement with the DEVICE parameter if you want to create library character set modules in the 3800 Model 3 compatibility mode module format. The CHARSET statement can be preceded by an INCLUDE statement. More than one CHARSET statement can be coded in the operation group. The operation group can include CHARSET statements that select characters from existing modules and CHARSET statements that create new characters. The CHARSET statement, preceded by an INCLUDE statement, can be used to delete one or more segments from the copy of an existing module to create a new module.

A CHARSET statement with no operands specified, followed by a NAME statement that identifies a library character set module, is used to format and print the module.

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