KKFCUT: Truncating a String

How to:

If your configuration uses a DBCS code page, you can use the KKFCUT function to truncate a string.

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Syntax: How to Truncate a String
KKFCUT(length, source_string, output)

where:

length

Integer

Is the length of the source string in bytes or a field that contains the length. The string can have a mixture of DBCS and SBCS characters. Therefore, the number of bytes represents the maximum number of characters possible in the source string.

source_string

Alphanumeric

Is the string that will be truncated enclosed in single quotation marks (') or the field containing the string.

output

Alphanumeric

Is the field to which the result is returned or the format of the output value enclosed in single quotation marks (').

The string will be truncated to the number of bytes in the output field.
Example: Truncating a String

In the following, KKFCUT truncates the COUNTRY field (up to 10 bytes long) to A4 format:

COUNTRY_CUT/A4 = KKFCUT(10, COUNTRY, 'A4');

The output in ASCII environments is shown in the following image:

The output in EBCDIC environments is shown in the following image:

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