9.8 BCONCAT
Þ Note: Built-In Function Rules.
Concatenates up to five alphanumeric strings to form one string as a return value. Trailing blanks from each string are truncated and one blank is reinserted between each string during the concatenation operation.
For use with
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LANSA for i
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YES
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Visual LANSA for Windows
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YES
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Visual LANSA for Linux
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YES
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Arguments
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No
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Type
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Req/ Opt
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Description
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Min Len
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Max Len
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Min Dec
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Max Dec
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1
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U
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Req
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1st string to concatenate
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1
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Unlimited
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2
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U
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Req
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2nd string to concatenate
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1
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Unlimited
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3
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U
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Opt
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3rd string to concatenate
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1
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Unlimited
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4
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U
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Opt
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4th string to concatenate
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1
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Unlimited
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5
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U
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Opt
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5th string to concatenate
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1
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Unlimited
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Return Values
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No
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Type
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Req/ Opt
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Description
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Min Len
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Max Len
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Min Dec
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Max Dec
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1
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U
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Req
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Concatenated result string
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1
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Unlimited
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2
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N
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Opt
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Length of returned string
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1
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15
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0
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0
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Example
Concatenate a first name and surname to get a print name field.
USE BUILTIN(BCONCAT) WITH_ARGS(#FNAME #SURNAME) TO_GET(#PRTNAME)