https://github.com/jfoshee/unpluggedibmbits

C# Library for reading legacy IBM formatted bits like EBCDIC, big endian and floating point
https://github.com/jfoshee/unpluggedibmbits

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C# Library for reading legacy IBM formatted bits like EBCDIC, big endian and floating point

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jfoshee/unpluggedibmbits
• Owner: jfoshee
• License: other
• Created: 2011-12-22T17:20:51.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-09-12T14:35:10.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T19:50:49.276Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C#
• Homepage: https://nuget.org/packages/Unplugged.IbmBits
• Size: 993 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license.txt

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# Legacy IBM Data Reading Library in C# #

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Helps read/write and convert between legacy IBM System formats and .NET types. 

Includes IbmConverter class as well as BinaryReader & BinaryWriter extensions 

for EBCDIC string, Big Endian Int16, Big Endian Int32 and 

IBM System/360 single precision floating point format.

Issues welcome. Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate.

### Example of using BinaryReader extension methods

```C#

using System.IO;

using Unplugged.IbmBits;

```

```C#

using (var stream = File.OpenRead("punchcard.bin"))

using (var reader = new BinaryReader(stream))

{

    string text = reader.ReadStringEbcdic(12);

    float f = reader.ReadSingleIbm();

    int i16 = reader.ReadInt16BigEndian();

    int i32 = reader.ReadInt32BigEndian();

}

```

### Example of using BinaryWriter extension methods

```C#

    using (var stream = File.OpenWrite("punchcard.bin"))

    using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(stream))

    {

        writer.WriteEbcdic("Hello, World");

        writer.WriteIbmSingle(3.14f);

        writer.WriteBigEndian((Int16) 13);

        writer.WriteBigEndian((Int32) 54321);

    }

```