Character Functions

Topics:

• Character Function Notes
• ARGLEN: Measuring the Length of a String
• ASIS: Distinguishing Between Space and Zero
• BITSON: Determining If a Bit Is On or Off
• BITVAL: Evaluating a Bit String as an Integer
• BYTVAL: Translating a Character to Decimal
• CHKFMT: Checking the Format of a String
• CHKNUM: Checking a String for Numeric Format
• CTRAN: Translating One Character to Another
• CTRFLD: Centering a Character String
• EDIT: Extracting or Adding Characters
• GETTOK: Extracting a Substring (Token)
• LCWORD: Converting a String to Mixed-Case
• LCWORD2: Converting a String to Mixed-Case
• LCWORD3: Converting a String to Mixed-Case
• LJUST: Left-Justifying a String
• LOCASE: Converting Text to Lowercase
• OVRLAY: Overlaying a Character String
• PARAG: Dividing Text Into Smaller Lines
• PATTERN: Generating a Pattern From a String
• POSIT: Finding the Beginning of a Substring
• REVERSE: Reversing the Characters in a String
• RJUST: Right-Justifying a Character String
• SOUNDEX: Comparing Character Strings Phonetically
• SPELLNM: Spelling Out a Dollar Amount
• SQUEEZ: Reducing Multiple Spaces to a Single Space
• STRIP: Removing a Character From a String
• STRREP: Replacing Character Strings
• SUBSTR: Extracting a Substring
• TRIM: Removing Leading and Trailing Occurrences
• UPCASE: Converting Text to Uppercase
• XMLDECOD: Decoding XML-Encoded Characters
• XMLENCOD: XML-Encoding Characters