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gowtham_srgp
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hai. i need to find the length of an identifier. i've known about the intrinsic length command. how to use it and what is the syntax?
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shivashunmugam Muthu
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there are two syntex
1. FUNCTION LENGTH(var_data_field)
2. LENGTH OF((var_data_field))
For arithmatic expression you can use only 'FUNCTION LENGTH'.
for alphanumeric/natioional charecters we can use LENGTH OF. |
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gowtham_srgp
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| shivashunmugam Muthu wrote: |
there are two syntex
1. FUNCTION LENGTH(var_data_field)
2. LENGTH OF((var_data_field))
For arithmatic expression you can use only 'FUNCTION LENGTH'.
for alphanumeric/natioional charecters we can use LENGTH OF. |
hai shivashanmugam Muthu. can you code an example to show this? do we need to use any compute statements to trap the values to the identifier?
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shivashunmugam Muthu
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there is no arithmatic expressions involved...
<New_variable> = LENGTH OF <VARIABLE>
New variable is the filed where the length of your existing variable to be populated... |
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