Purpose
Returns the result of inserting a string to the left of another string with a certain length. It can be padded on the right with a character.
Parameters
- s
- A string that is inserted to the left of another sting. It must have a computational type and a character type. If it does not have a character type, it is converted to character.
- l
- The length of a string to the left of which
s is inserted. It must have a computational type and a character type and is converted to Fixed Binary(31,0).
- c
- Optional padding character, inserted to the right of the string. It must have a nonvarying character type.
Description
LEFT returns a string which is formed by inserting a string
s to the left of another string with length
l. An optional padding character
c can be attached to the right.
Examples
dcl s char (40) var;
dcl t char (40) var;
s = 'This string is 33 characters long';
t = left(s, 40, '+');
put skip list (t);
will print:
This string is 33 characters long+++++++
