SUBSTR

Returns a portion of a character string.

Reporting Area(s)

General

Required Parameters

1. Field to substring (i.e. loclocat)

--OR-- Character expression to substring (i.e. "Managing Your Time Wisely")

2. Character position at which to start substring (i.e. 1, 40)

Optional Parameters

3. Number of characters to return (i.e. 10)

Example(s)

SUBSTR(cocrsenm,1,25) returns the first 25 characters of the course name (i.e. Mastering Student Manager)

SUBSTR(loclocat,41) returns characters 41-through the end of location name (i.e. Konza Room)

SUBSTR(loclocat,41,5) returns characters 41-45 of location name (i.e. Konza)

Notes

Standard FoxPro Function

Related Functions

STR