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<refentry xml:id="function.ebcdic2ascii" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>ebcdic2ascii</refname>
  <refpurpose>Translate string from EBCDIC to ASCII</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>int</type><methodname>ebcdic2ascii</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>ebcdic_str</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>ebcdic2ascii</function> is an Apache-specific function which
   is available only on EBCDIC based operating systems (OS/390, BS2000).
   It translates the EBCDIC encoded string <parameter>ebcdic_str</parameter>
   to its equivalent ASCII representation (binary safe), and returns
   the result.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>ebcdic_str</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The EBCDIC string that will be translated.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The ASCII representation of an EBCDIC string.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

  <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>ascii2ebcdic</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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