The ESCAPEBASE option specifies the type of escape that is produced by the INFILE keyword of the CONVERT function.
Specify 'd' for decimal escape, 'x' for hexadecimal escape.
The default escape type is decimal, which produces the INTEGER value for a character in the following form.
'\dnnn'
A hexadecimal escape is the INTEGER value for a character in the following form.
'\xnn'
For an example of using ESCAPEBASE with CONVERT to convert a text value to an escape sequence, see Example 7-50, "Converting Text Values to Escape Sequences".