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REPLLEFT()
Exchanges particular characters at the beginning of a string
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Syntax
REPLLEFT(<cString>,<cReplacecharacter|
nReplacecharacter>,[<cSearchCharacter|
nSearchCharacter>]) --> cString
Arguments
<cString> [@] Designates the string that is processed.
<cReplacecharacter|nReplacecharacter> Designates the character that
replaces the character in <cSearchCharacter|nSearchCharacter> at the
beginning of the <cString>.
<cSearchCharacter|nSearchCharacter> Designates the character at the
beginning of <cString> that is replaced by <cReplacecharacter|
nReplacecharacter>. The default value is a space, CHR(32).
Returns
The processed <cString> is returned.
Description
REPLLEFT() can be used to exchange all leading characters in a string
for any other selected character.
Note
. The return value of this function can be suppressed by
implementing CSETREF() to save space in working memory.
Examples
. Replace the leading spaces with zeros:
? REPLLEFT(" 1234", "0") // "001234"
. Replace the leading zeros with spaces:
? REPLLEFT("001234", " ", "0") // " 1234"
. Replace only the leading spaces:
? REPLLEFT(" 1 ", "0") // "001 "
See Also:
REPLALL()
REPLRIGHT()
CSETREF()
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