cstring Functions

alltrim removes blanks from beginning and end of string

alltrimc alltrim using any trim char

center pad a string to length n by adding characters c equally to the beginning of the string

centre pad a string to length n by adding characters c equally to the beginning of the string

cstradd concatenates two strings

cstrdelete deletes characters from anywhere in a string

cstr_plus_int concatenates a string and an Integer

int_plus_cstr concatenates an Integer and a string

lefts get the left most characters of a string

len length of a string

lower converts the a string to lower case

lpad pad a string to length n by adding characters c to the beginning of the string

ltrim remove leading blanks

pad pad a string to length n by adding characters c to the end of the string

parse returns what is between tokens c

pos finds a string in a string

proper converts the first letter of each word in a string to upper case

quarter returns the quarter based upon a date (96Q1)

replicate create a string of n characters using char c

reverse reverse the characters in a string

rights get the right most characters of a string

rtrim removes trailing blanks

rtrimc rtrim using any trim char

substring get any portion of a string