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sub - Substring

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

... ( ... sub = substring ...  ) ...

Effect

substring is used to pass a character string to be searched for or inserted. substring is a character-like expression position. If a character-like data object of fixed length is specified, trailing blanks are ignored.

Note

When you enter an empty character string in substring, the behavior depends on the relevant function.