c (Concatenate) Processing Code

The c processing code concatenates elements for output.

System Processors

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Code Type

Attribute Defining

Dictionary Attributes

Output Conversion

Syntax

celement{;element...}

celement{/*}

celement{xelement}{...}

Parameters

element

May be any of the following:

  • Attribute mark count

  • Any literal string enclosed in a system delimiter (‘ “ \)

  • Asterisk (*), which means reuse result of last conversion

concatenation.char

A single concatenation character that separates the values and displays in between them. It may be any nonnumeric character, even a space, but not a system delimiter. The following concatenation characters have special meaning:

x

Specifies that the following element is the separation character to appear between successive elements.

;

Specifies that no separating character is printed. When the semicolon is used, literal strings must be enclosed in single quotes.

Description

Each element may be delimited by a character to appear on output. If the semicolon is the element separator, it does not display on output. The elements can be:

The asterisk is a special character used to concatenate the resulting value from the last processing code operation. In the third form listed under Syntax, x specifies the separator to appear between the concatenated elements. The separator may be any nonnumeric character including a space or semicolon, but cannot be a system delimiter. The semicolon is a special separator that specifies the elements are to be concatenated with no separation.

Example(s)

Stored Value

Processing Code

Output Data

014 ‘Hunter’

 

 

015 ‘Rockwell’

c”Name :”;14,15

‘Name: Hunter,Rockwell’

001 ‘day’

 

 

002 ‘night’

c1/2

‘day/night’

See Also

a (Algebraic) Processing Code

Input-Conversion Processing Codes

output-conversion

Processing Codes Overview

Processing Codes