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Change characters within a string ( TRANSLATE )
The translate command allows you to convert characters within a string from one character to another.
i.e. Convert 28.10.1979 to 28-10-1979 Convert to UPPER/LOWER CASE
*Code to Replace one char with another using TRANSLATE command *------------------------------------------------------------- DATA: ld_date(10) type c. ld_date = '28.10.1979'. *Finds all occurences of first char(.) & replaces them with second(-) TRANSLATE ld_date using '.-'. *ld_date will now contain '28-10-1979'
*Code to demonstrate TRANSLATE to UPPER/LOWER CASE command *--------------------------------------------------------- DATA: ld_char(20) type c. ld_char = 'Hello World'. TRANSLATE ld_char TO UPPER CASE. "Result: ld_char = 'HELLO WORLD' TRANSLATE ld_char TO LOWER CASE. "Result: ld_char = 'hello world'