How to change HEX value to EBCDIC char

Question

What is the simplest way to convert HEX value to ebcdic char type in Java

e.g. The example below will return at sign but I would like to get ebcidic equivalent i.e. space char..

String hex = "40"; char c = (char) Integer.parseInt(hex, 16);

Answer 1

Simples and most efficient solution would probably be to write up a lookup-table yourself, based on for instance http://www.natural-innovations.com/computing/asciiebcdic.html.

Other solutions can be found here.