IBM SC34-5764-01 - Manual (Page 76)

Formatting Functions
Function Description
CENTER or
CENTRE Returns a string of a specified length with the input string centered in it, with pad characters
added as necessary to make up the length.
COPIES Returns the specified number of concatenated copies of the input string.
FORMAT Returns the input number, rounded and formatted.
JUSTIFY 1 Returns a specified string formatted by adding pad characters between words to justify to both
margins.
LEFT Returns a string of the specified length, truncated or padded on the right as needed.
RIGHT Returns a string of the specified length, truncated or padded on the left as needed.
SPACE Returns the words in the input string with a specified number of pad characters between each
word.
String Manipulating Functions
Function Description
ABBREV Returns a string indicating if one string is equal to the specified number of leading characters of
another string.
DELSTR Returns a string after deleting a specified number of characters, starting at a specified point in
the input string.
DELWORD Returns a string after deleting a specified number of words, starting at a specified word in the
input string.
FIND 1 Returns the word number of the first word of a specified phrase found within the input string.
INDEX 1 Returns the character position of the first character of a specified string found in the input string.
INSERT Returns a character string after inserting another input string into it from a specified character
position.
LASTPOS Returns the starting character position of the last occurrence of one string in another.
LENGTH Returns the length of the input string.
OVERLAY Returns a string that is the target string overlaid by a second input string.
POS Returns the character position of one string in another.
REVERSE Returns a character string that is the reverse of the original.
STRIP Returns a character string after removing leading or trailing characters or both from the input
string.
SUBSTR Returns a portion of the input string beginning at a specified character position.
SUBWORD Returns a portion of the input string starting at a specified word number.
TRANSLATE Returns a character string with each character of the input string translated to another character
or unchanged.
VERIFY Returns a number indicating whether an input string is composed only of characters from
another input string or returns the character position of the first unmatched character.
WORD Returns a word from an input string as a specified number indicates.
WORDINDEX Returns the character position in an input string of the first character in the specified word.
WORDLENGTH Returns the length of a specified word in the input string.
1. Is a non-SAA built-in function REXX/CICS provides.
Using Functions
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