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Programming: Q Parameters
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Copying a substring from a string parameter
The SUBSTR function copies a definable range from a string parameter.
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Show the soft-key row with special functions
U
Select the menu for defining various plain-language
functions
U
Select string functions
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Select the STRING FORMULA function
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Enter the number of the string parameter in which the
TNC is to save the copied string. Confirm with the
ENT key
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Select the function for cutting out a substring
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Enter the number of the QS parameter from which the
substring is to be copied. Confirm with the ENT key
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Enter the number of the place starting from which to
copy the substring, and confirm with the ENT key
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Enter the number of characters to be copied, and
confirm with the ENT key
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Close the parenthetical expression with the ENT key
and confirm your entry with the END key
Example: A four-character substring (LEN4) is read from the
string parameter QS10 beginning with the third character (BEG2)
Remember that the first character of a text sequence
starts internally with the zeroth place.
N37 QS13 = SUBSTR ( SRC_QS10 BEG2 LEN4 )