CONVERT (STATEMENT)

The CONVERT statement converts one or more characters in a string to their corresponding replacement characters.

COMMAND SYNTAX

    CONVERT expression1 TO expression2 IN expression3

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

expression1 is the list of all characters to translate in expression3

expression2 is the list of characters that will be converted to.

expression3 is the string to which the conversion will apply.

NOTES

There is a one to one correspondence between the characters in expression1 and expression2. That is, conversion of character 1 in expression1 to character 1 in expression2, etc.

See also: CONVERT

EXAMPLE

    Value = 'ABCDEFGHIJ'
    CRT 'Original:   ':Value
    CONVERT 'BJE' TO '^+!' IN Value
    CRT 'Converted: ':Value

Output: 

     Original:   ABCDEFGHIJ
     Converted: A^CD!FGHI+

Last update: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:34