t (Text Extraction) Processing Code

The t processing code provides a facility for extracting any number of characters from an attribute, starting at the position and length specified.

System Processors

Update, List

Code Type

Attribute Defining

Dictionary Attributes

Input Conversion, Output Conversion, Correlative

Syntax

t{start.column,}length

Parameter(s)

start.column

Specifies the position for extracting characters from an attribute. If not specified, the extraction begins from the same end of the string as the justification attribute 9, either l (left) or r (right). The start column must be numerical.

length

Specifies the length of extracted characters.

The length is always counted from left to right, regardless of the justification specified in the attribute-defining item. The length must be a numeric.

Example(s)

This extracts ten characters, beginning from the third position of the string.

t3,10

See Also

Conversion Expression

iconv() Function

Input-Conversion Processing Codes

oconv() Function

output-conversion

Processing Codes Overview

Processing Codes