Copying characters from a text string to an arrayΒΆ
text_to_array() |
Copying characters from a text string to an array across element boundaries |
SYNTAX
text_to_array(start_element, count, text)
Copies characters from a text string, which can be a long text string, to an array, starting at the beginning of a specified element and continuing across element boundaries.
start_element |
The array name and starting element. The array can have multiple dimensions. |
count |
The number of characters to copy. The function continues to copy characters until it reaches this number or reaches the end of the array. |
text |
The text string from which to copy characters. This can be a string constant or the name of a field. If a field, it may be a long text field or a regular alphanumeric field. |
EXAMPLE
!temp LongText,,a200[10],,p
!temp TextArray,,a100[20, 1000]
text_to_array(TextArray[10,1], 2000, LongText)
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