7.6

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LowerCase (function)

Convert a string to all lower case characters.

Syntax

lowercase( string ) string

Argument

string

String value you want to convert to lower case. The string may be a mix of upper and lower case characters.

Code Sample Example

&partname := lowercase( @(30,16,39) )

Mid (function)

Extracts a specified number of characters from a string, starting at a specific position.

Syntax

mid( string, start, length ) string value

Arguments

string

String value from which to extract characters.

start

Integer value specifying where the first character to extract is located.

length

Integer value specifying how many characters to extract, starting from number onwards.

Code Sample Example

This example extracts a bracket-delimited word from a sentence.

Example

define(&data,string,'This is a [bracketed] word')

define(&i,integer, pos('[', &data))

%Find the '[' character

define(&j,integer, pos(']', &data))

%Find the ']' character

if((&i>0) and (&j>&i))