Character string operators
Character string operators allow you to work with and manipulate character strings.
| Operator | Description | 
|---|---|
| ASCII() | The ASCII() operator
produces an ASCII character. | 
| COLUMN | The COLUMN operator generates blanks. | 
| Concatenate (||) | The || operator makes a string
concatenation. | 
| Substring ([s,e]) | The [] (square brackets)
extract a substring. | 
| USING | The USING operator converts date and
numeric values to a string based on a formatting mask. | 
| CLIPPED | The CLIPPED operator removes trailing
blank spaces (ASCII 32) of a string expression. | 
| ORD() | The ORD() operator
 returns the code point of a character in the current locale. | 
| SPACES | The SPACES operator
returns a character string with blanks. | 
| LSTR() | The LSTR() operator
returns a localized string. | 
| SFMT() | The SFMT() operator
replaces place holders in a string with values. |