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====== Omnidex SQL Function: $LJ ====== | ====== Omnidex SQL Function: $LJ ====== | ||
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===== Description ===== | ===== Description ===== | ||
- | The $LJ function will left-justify a string by eliminating the leading white space. | + | Left-justify the character expression. |
- | The return data type is C STRING. | + | This function return a STRING datatype. |
- | The return length is: | ||
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- | the length of the string if the string is a C STRING column | ||
- | the length of the string +1 if the string is a CHAR column or a literal. | ||
===== Syntax ===== | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
- | $LJ( < column_spec | 'string' > ) | ||
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- | == < column_spec | 'string' > == | ||
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- | Required. The string that is to be left. This can be a string literal or other scalar_expression resulting in a string. | ||
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- | ===== Example ===== | ||
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- | ==== Example 1 ==== | ||
- | select $LJ(company), $RJ(company) from customers where company='systems' | ||
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- | $LJ(CUSTOMERS.COMPANY) | ||
- | ---------------------------------------------- | ||
- | |||
- | $RJ(CUSTOMERS.COMPANY) | ||
- | ---------------------------------------------- | ||
- | Dynamic Information Systems Corporation | + | $LJ( character_expression ) |
- | Dynamic Information Systems Corporation | + | == character_expression == |
- | Camco Systems | + | Required. Any expression that returns a character-class datatype. Examples of expressions are columns, concatenations of columns, literal strings and functions that return a character datatype. |
- | Camco Systems | ||
- | ASK Computer Systems, Inc. | + | ===== Examples ===== |
+ | ==== Example: Column ==== | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | > select $lj(name) nme from individuals; | ||
- | ASK Computer Systems, Inc. | + | NME |
+ | -------------------------------------------------- | ||
+ | MS. MARY LEWIS | ||
+ | MRS. ALICE R TOLLIVER | ||
+ | MR. SIDNEY K TOLLIVER | ||
+ | MRS. JENNIFER J HOPKINS | ||
+ | MR. CHARLIE HOPKINS | ||
+ | MS. KIMBERLY BLUE | ||
+ | KATHLEEN TUCKER | ||
+ | </code> | ||
- | ... | + | ====== Additional Resources ====== |
+ | See also: | ||
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