Character Encodings/Code Tables/EBCDIC/KEIS
KEIS is a stateful EBCDIC charset used in Hitachi mainframe systems. KEIS is an acronym for "Kanji processing Extended Information System". It is also known as Code page 1279.
Encoding structure
editHere are the valid ranges of bytes according to its encoding structure.
| Byte Range Purpose | Byte Range in Hexadecimal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| single byte | 41-F9 | Includes graphic characters. Does not include unassigned characters nor ISO control characters. |
| full width space | 40 40 or A1 A1 |
|
| shift to single byte mode | 0A 41 | |
| shift to double byte mode | 0A 42 | |
| first byte of double byte | 40, 41-FE | A1-CF is the basic set. D0-FE is extended set 1. 59-80 is extended set 2. 81-A0 are user defined characters. Byte 40 is only valid when followed by byte 40. |
| second byte of double byte | 40, 41-FE | 40 is only valid when preceded by byte 40. 0x40 0x40 makes the ideographic space character. Normally only A1-FE is used. |
References
edit- [Lunde, Ken. CJKV Information Processing. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly & Associates, 1998. ISBN 1-56592-224-7. (Note that Appendix D has a typo for the hexadecimal ranges for KEIS. The decimal ranges were used for the encoding structure.)