In <[email protected]>, on 09/28/2012
at 11:07 AM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> said:
>Shmuel is correct..
I'm correct about suggesting LEFT as an alternative to SUBSTR in REXX.
However, Peter is correct about SUBSTR not working the same in PL/I as
in REXX, at least when STRINGRANGE is enabled.
>test = 'abcdefghi';
Try test = 'abc' (if varyying), or declare test as CHAR(3).
>X = substr(test,1,5);
See above.
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