String Handling Built-In Functions
Built-In Function | Description | IBM i | Windows | Linux | RDML | RDMLX | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concatenate strings with a blank character. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Converts source field from binary to alphanumeric. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
CENTRE an argument string into a return string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Check and convert an alpha string to numeric form. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Check a string only contains allowable values. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Concatenate strings in full (no truncation). | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Converts a text string from one encoding to another. | Y | N | N | Y | Y | ||
Decrypts a string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Encrypts a string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Fill a field with occurrences of a string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Returns a character string which is built from an input Format Pattern. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Get keywords and values from an ESF string. | Y | N | N | Y | N | ||
Converts source field from alphanumeric to binary. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Left align argument into return string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Convert a number to a string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Reverse a text string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Right align argument into return string. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Scan a string for first occurrence of a pattern. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Concatenate strings with trailing blanks truncated. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Convert a string to uppercase characters. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |