Character Intrinsic Functions

The following table lists character intrinsic functions.

Name	Description
ACHAR	Returns character in a specified position in the ASCII character set.
ADJUSTL	Adjusts left, removing leading blanks and inserting trailing blanks.
ADJUSTR	Adjusts right, removing trailing blanks and inserting leading blanks.
CHAR	Returns character in a specified position in the processor's character set of (optional) kind.
IACHAR	Returns the position of the argument in the ASCII character set.
ICHAR	Returns the position of the argument in the processor's character set.
INDEX	Returns the starting position of a substring in a string, leftmost or (optional) rightmost occurance.
LEN	Returns the size of the argument.
LEN_TRIM	Returns the number of characters in the argument, not counting trailing blanks.
LGE	Tests whether the the first argument is greater than or equal to the second argument, based on the ASCII collating sequence.
LGT	Tests whether the first argument is greater than the second argument, based on the ASCII collating sequence.
LLE	Tests whether the first argument is less than or equal to the second argument, based on the ASCII collating sequence.
LLT	Tests whether the first argument is less than the second argument, based on the ASCII collating sequence.
REPEAT	Concatenates multiple copies of a string.
SCAN	Scans a string for any characters in a set and returns leftmost or (optional) rightmost position where a match is found.
TRIM	Removes trailing blanks from a string.
VERIFY	Returns the position of the leftmost or (optional) rightmost character in the argument string not in a set, or zero if all characters in the set are present.