ebcdic-ascii

Node.js module for converting between EBCDIC and ASCII (ISO-8859-1). Supported EBCDIC codesets:

• 0037: English
• 0273: German
• 0278: Finnish/Swedish
• 0297: French
• 1047: Latin 1/Open Systems

0xxx EBCDIC codesets were taken from longpelaexpertise.com.au.

1047 EBCDIC codeset was taken from this source.

Usage

Importing with import

import EBCDIC from "ebcdic-ascii"

Importing with require

const EBCDIC = require("ebcdic-ascii").default

Basic Usage

const converter = new EBCDIC("0037")

converter.toASCII("E385A2A340D485A2A2818785")
// returns "Test Message"

converter.toEBCDIC("54657374204D657373616765")
// returns "E385A2A340D485A2A2818785"

Check out index.d.ts for documentation

Contributions

Feel free to add more languages in the same manner as the existing ones. When preparing a merge request, make sure to also write meaningful tests for your code. All contributions are highly appreciated!

Kind regards to all contributors that have helped to maintain this module:

• High Performance optimizations by @SeanHollen
• 0297 French added by Damartex Group and @kherdier
• 1047 Latin added by @leo1553
• 0278 Finnish/Swedish added by @markus-peltola