Syntax: How to Truncate a String
KKFCUT(length, source_string, output)
where:
- length
-
Integer
Is the length of the source string in bytes, or a field that contains the length. 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.
- source_string
-
Alphanumeric
Is the string that will be truncated enclosed in single quotation marks ('), or the field containing the string.
- output
-
Alphanumeric
Is the field to which the result is returned, or the format of the output value enclosed in single quotation marks (').
The string will be truncated to the number of bytes in the output field.
Example: Truncating a String
In the following, KKFCUT truncates the COUNTRY field (up to 10 bytes long) to A4 format:
COUNTRY_CUT/A4 = KKFCUT(10, COUNTRY, 'A4');
The output in ASCII environments is shown in the following image:
The output in EBCDIC environments is shown in the following image:
