NCS_Routines

   The National character set (NCS) utility routines provide a
   common facility for defining and accessing collating sequences
   and conversion functions. Collating sequences are used to compare
   strings for sorting purposes. Conversion functions are used to
   derive an altered form of an input string based on an appropriate
   conversion algorithm.
 

Additional information available:

NCS$COMPARE     NCS$CONVERT     NCS$END_CF      NCS$END_CS      NCS$GET_CF
NCS$GET_CS      NCS$RESTORE_CF  NCS$RESTORE_CS  NCS$SAVE_CF     NCS$SAVE_CS