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Revision as of 16:33, 8 December 2009
Purpose
Function to perform character replacement
Syntax
STUFF(<expC1>, <expN1>, <expN2>, <expC2>)
See Also
AT(), ATNEXT(), INLIST(), LEFT(), LPAD(), OCCURS(), RAT(), RIGHT(), RPAD(), STR(), STREXTRACT(), STRTRAN(), SUBSTR()
Description
The STUFF() function returns a character string which is the result of replacing a string in <expC1> with <expC2>. The starting position for the replacement is <expN1>, and the number of characters to replace is <expN2>. It can also be used to remove text from a string.
Example
? stuff("Life is as you take it",9,13, "grea") Life is great ? stuff("Friends are welcome",9,7, "") Friends come
Products
Recital, Recital Server
