Character Functions

Topics:

• ARGLEN: Measuring the Length of a String
• 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
• LENV: Returning the Length of an Alphanumeric Field
• LJUST: Left-Justifying a 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
• SQUEEZ: Reducing Multiple Spaces to a Single Space
• STRREP: Replacing Character Strings
• SUBSTV: Extracting a Variable Length Substring
• TRIMV: Removing Characters From a String
• UPCASE: Converting Text to Uppercase