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# From EBCDIC 037

## Description

This operation converts an input string representing bytes encoded in EBCDIC 037 to a string in the selected output format.

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## Data types

These are the input/output expected data types for this operation:

### Input data

`String` - A string representing bytes encoded in EBCDIC 037.

### Output data

`String` - The converted string in the selected output format.

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## Parameters

These are the parameters you need to configure to use this operation (mandatory parameters are marked with a <mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>):

<details>

<summary>Output Format<mark style="color:red;"><strong>*</strong></mark></summary>

The desired output format. Options include:

* **ASCII / UTF-8**
* **ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1)**
* **ISO-8859-15 (Latin-15)**
* **Unicode UTF-16**
* **Unicode UTF-32**
* **Hexadecimal**
* **Binary**&#x20;

</details>

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## Example

Suppose you want to **convert** a series of strings encoded in **EBCDIC 037** to ASCII format:

1. In your Pipeline, open the required [Action](/pipelines/actions.md) configuration and select the input **Field**.
2. In the **Operation** field, choose **From EBCDIC 037**.
3. Set **Output** **Format** to `ASCII / UTF-8`.
4. Give your **Output field** a name and click **Save**. The values in your input field will be converted. For example:

```
Input data - "414243c"

Output Format - ASCII / UTF-8

Output data - "ABC"
```

{% hint style="info" %}
You can try out operations with specific values using the **Input** field above the operation. You can enter the value in the example above and check the result in the **Output** field.
{% endhint %}