CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  Part I   Introduction to the National Character Set (NCS) Utility

  NCS DESCRIPTION

  1      How to Build an NCS Definition File
    1.1       Naming NCS Definition Files
    1.2       Structuring a Definition File
    1.3       Notation Guidelines
    1.4       Built-In Collating Sequences and Conversion Functions
    1.5       Definition Expressions
      1.5.1        Collating Sequence Expressions
        1.5.1.1 Definition Name
        1.5.1.2 Sequential Series of Expressions
        1.5.1.3 Expression with Appended Collating Sequences
        1.5.1.4 Modified Collating Sequence
        1.5.1.5 Reversed Collating Sequence
        1.5.1.6 Reordered Collating Sequence
      1.5.2        Collating Strings with Pad Characters
      1.5.3        Conversion Function Expressions
        1.5.3.1 Definition Name
        1.5.3.2 Sequential Series of Conversions
        1.5.3.3 Modified Conversion Function
        1.5.3.4 Inverted Conversion Function
        1.5.3.5 Reordered Conversion Function
    1.6       Keyword Clauses
      1.6.1        Collating Sequence Keyword Clauses
        1.6.1.1 CS Keyword Clause
        1.6.1.2 SEQUENCE Keyword Clause
        1.6.1.3 IDENT Keyword Clause
        1.6.1.4 MODIFICATIONS Keyword Clause
      1.6.2        Conversion Function Keyword Clauses
        1.6.2.1 CF Keyword Clause
        1.6.2.2 IDENT Keyword Clause
        1.6.2.3 MODIFICATIONS Keyword Clause
      1.6.3        MODIFICATIONS Keyword Clause Syntax

  Part II   NCS Command and Command Qualifiers

  NCS USAGE SUMMARY

  NCS COMMAND QUALIFIERS
    /BEFORE
    /COMPRESS
    /CREATE
    /DATA
    /DELETE
    /EXTRACT
    /FORMAT
    /FULL
    /HISTORY
    /INSERT
    /LIBRARY
    /LIST
    /LOG
    /MACRO
    /ONLY
    /OUTPUT
    /REPLACE
    /SINCE

  A   National Character Set Definitions

  EXAMPLES

  NCS-1     Typical Definition File

  TABLES

  NCS-1     NCS Language Notation

  NCS-2     Formats for Collating Sequence MODIFICATIONS Keyword Clauses

  NCS-3     NCS Command Qualifier Relationships