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SHIFT - Quick reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

SHIFT dobj [ { [ {BY num PLACES} | {UP TO substring} ] 

                 [LEFT|RIGHT] [CIRCULAR] } 

           | { {LEFT DELETING LEADING} 

             | {RIGHT DELETING TRAILING} mask} ] 

           [IN {CHARACTER|BYTE} MODE]. 

Effect

Moves characters or bytes in a character string or byte string dobj.

Additions

• BY num PLACES
  Moves the characters or bytes by num.
• UP TO substring
  Moves the characters or bytes up to the substring specified in substring.
• [LEFT|RIGHT] [CIRCULAR]
  Moves the characters or bytes to the left or right. CIRCULAR inserts characters pushed out of the screen on the other side.
• {LEFT DELETING LEADING}|{RIGHT DELETING TRAILING} mask
  Moves the characters or bytes by one position to the left or the right until the content of the first or last position in dobj is displayed in pattern.
• IN {CHARACTER|BYTE} MODE
  Specifies character string or byte string processing.