Syntax: How to Delete the Shift Code From DBCS Data
SFTDEL(source_string, length, output)
where:
- source_string
-
Alphanumeric
Is the string from which the shift code will be deleted enclosed in single quotation marks ('), or the field containing the string.
- 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.
- output
-
Alphanumeric
Is the field to which the result is returned, or the format of the output value enclosed in single quotation marks (').
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:
