NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Summary
Built-in Functions
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DELSTR The DELSTR built-in function deletes part of a string, starting at a specified character
position, for a specified length.
DELSTR( 
string
, 
n
 [, 
length
 ] )
DELWORD The DELWORD built-in function deletes a specified number of words from a string,
starting at a specified word.
DELWORD( 
string
, 
n
 [, 
length
 ] )
E2A The E2A built-in function translates an input string from EBCDIC to ASCII.
E2A( 
string
 [, T ] )
INSERT The INSERT built-in function inserts one string into another.
INSERT( 
new
, 
target
 [, [ 
n
 ] , [ 
length
 ] [, 
pad
 ] ] )
JUSTIFY The JUSTIFY built-in function inserts spaces or a user-specified pad character into a
string.
JUSTIFY( 
string
, 
length
 [, 
pad
 ] )
LASTPOS The LASTPOS built-in function locates the last occurrence of a substring within a
string.
LASTPOS( 
needle
, 
haystack
 [, 
start
 ] )
LEFT The LEFT built-in function returns the leftmost characters of a string.
LEFT( 
string
, 
length
 [, 
pad
 ] )
LENGTH The LENGTH built-in function returns the length of a specified string. Each space is
counted as one character.
LENGTH( 
string
 )










