STUFF( ) Function
Returns a character string created by replacing a specified number of characters in a character expression with another character expression.
STUFF(cExpression, nStartReplacement, nCharactersReplaced, cReplacement)
Parameters
cExpression
Specify the character expression in which the replacement occurs.nStartReplacement
Specifies the position in cExpression where the replacement begins.nCharactersReplaced
Specifies the number of characters to be replaced. If nCharactersReplaced is 0, the replacement string cReplacement is inserted into cExpression.cReplacement
Specifies the replacement character expression. If cReplacement is the empty string, the number of characters specified by nCharactersReplaced are removed from cExpression.
Return Value
Character
Example
STORE 'abcdefghijklm' TO gcString1
STORE '12345' TO gcString2
CLEAR
? STUFF(gcString1, 4, 0, gcString2) && insert
? STUFF(gcString1, 4, 3, gcString2) && replace
? STUFF(gcString1, 4, 6, '') && delete
? STUFF(gcString1, 4, 1, gcString2) && replace and insert
? STUFF(gcString1, 4, 4, gcString2) && replace and delete
? STUFF(gcString1, 4, LEN(gcString1), gcString2) && replace, delete rest
See Also
Reference
PADL( ) | PADR( ) | PADC( ) Functions