GROUPSTORE
The GROUPSTORE statement substitutes one group of characters with another group of characters.
COMMAND SYNTAX
GROUPSTORE from.var IN to.var USING start,replace{,delim}
SYNTAX ELEMENTS
| Option |
Description |
| from.var |
The string which will be inserted into the 'to.var' variable. |
| to.var |
The string which will be amended. |
|
start |
The starting group number in 'to.var' which will be replaced.
If 'start' is less than 0 , then the absolute value of 'start' is used.
If 'start' is zero, then it defaults to 1. If 'start' exceeds the number
of groups in 'to.var' then delimiters will be added as necessary. |
|
replace |
The number of groups in 'to.var' that will be replaced.
If 'replace' is greater than 0, then 'replace' groups of 'from.var' will replace 'replace' groups in 'from.var' If 'replace' is 0 , then all of
'from.var' will be inserted. If 'replace' is less than 0, the absolute value of 'replace' is used. |
|
delim |
This optionally specifies the delimiting character to use, with an attribute mark (CHAR(254)) as a default.
If the string is more than one character, only the first character is used. |
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