9 148 LEFT

LANSA Technical

9.148 LEFT

Þ Note: Built-In Function Rules.

Left aligns argument into return string.

For use with

LANSA for i

YES

Visual LANSA for Windows

YES

Visual LANSA for Linux

YES

 

 

Arguments

No

Type

Req/ Opt

Description

Min Len

Max Len

Min Dec

Max Dec

1

A

Req

String to be left align

1

256

 

 

2

A

Opt

Remove imbedded blanks flag (Y/N)
Values:
Y = remove
N = do not remove
Default: N

1

1

 

 

 

 

Return Values

No

Type

Req/ Opt

Description

Min Len

Max Len

Min Dec

Max Dec

1

A

Req

Return left align string

1

256

 

 

 

 

Example

Left align and remove imbedded blanks from a requested string.

DEFINE     FIELD(#INTEXT)  TYPE(*CHAR) LENGTH(18)
DEFINE     FIELD(#OUTEXT)  TYPE(*CHAR) LENGTH(18)
**********
REQUEST    FIELDS(#INTEXT)
USE        BUILTIN(LEFT) WITH_ARGS(#INTEXT Y) TO_GET(#OUTEXT)
DISPLAY    FIELDS(#OUTEXT)
 

Resulting displays would look something like the following.

        FUN01          Left Example          
*                                                
        In text . . .    FR   E    D         
*                                               
        CF1=Help                              
*                                               
 

then,

        FUN01          Left Example          
*                                                
        Out text . . . FRED                  
*                                                
        CF1=Help                              
*