Character Functions

Character functions manipulate alphanumeric fields and character strings.

In addition to the functions discussed in this topic, there are character functions that are available only in the Maintain language. For information on these functions, see Maintain-specific Character Functions.

Topics: ARGLEN: Measuring the Length of a Character String ASIS: Distinguishing Between a Space and a Zero BITSON: Determining If a Bit Is On or Off BITVAL: Evaluating a Bit String as a Binary Integer BYTVAL: Translating a Character to a Decimal Value CHKFMT: Checking the Format of a Character String CTRAN: Translating One Character to Another CTRFLD: Centering a Character String EDIT: Extracting or Adding Characters GETTOK: Extracting a Substring (Token) LCWORD: Converting a Character String to Mixed Case

LJUST: Left-Justifying a Character String LOCASE: Converting Text to Lowercase OVRLAY: Overlaying a Character String PARAG: Dividing Text Into Smaller Lines POSIT: Finding the Beginning of a Substring RJUST: Right‑Justifying a Character String SOUNDEX: Comparing Character Strings Phonetically SQUEEZ: Reducing Multiple Spaces to a Single Space STRIP: Removing a Character From a String SUBSTR: Extracting a Substring TRIM: Removing Leading and Trailing Occurrences UPCASE: Converting Text to Uppercase Character Functions for AnV Fields