NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

XRANGE
Built-in Functions
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XRANGE The XRANGE built-in function returns a string of ASCII characters in a specified
range.
XRANGE( [ start ] [, end ] )
start
specifies the start value. start must be exactly one character long. If omitted, the
default is '00'x, which represents a hexadecimal value of 0 (zero).
end
specifies the end value. end must be exactly one character long. If omitted, the
default is 'FF'x.
Considerations
The range is wrapped if start is greater than end . That is, the range of values
returned is inclusive of all characters from start through end .
If both start and end are equal, exactly one character is returned.
Examples
In the following example, the resulting string “abcdef” is returned:
SAY XRANGE(a,f)
In the following example, the resulting string “ ” (five spaces) is returned. Its
hexadecimal value is '0304050607'x, and it has no displayable ASCII equivalent:
SAY XRANGE('03'x,'07'x)