SFTDEL: Deleting the Shift Code From DBCS Data
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If your configuration uses a DBCS code page, you can use the SFTDEL function to delete the shift code from DBCS data.
Syntax: How to Delete the Shift Code From DBCS Data
SFTDEL(source_string, length, output)
where:
- source_string
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Alphanumeric
Is the string from which the shift code will be deleted .
- length
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Integer
Is the length of the source string in bytes. The string can have a mixture of DBCS and SBCS characters. Therefore, the number of bytes represents the maximum number of characters possible in the source string.
- output
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Alphanumeric
Example: Deleting the Shift Code From a String
In the following, SFTDEL deleted the shift code from the COUNTRY field (up to 10 bytes long):
COUNTRY_DEL/A10 = SFTDEL(COUNTRY, 10, 'A10');
The output in ASCII environments is shown in the following image:
The output in EBCDIC environments is shown in the following image:
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