CAS 6

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drop

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Summary

Drop characters from begining (or end) of a field

Examples

3 drop 'ABCDE'
(-2) drop 'ABCDE'
4 drop LOANID
10 drop NAME

Syntax

NumChar drop Field1

Left Arguments

Name	Data Type	Input Type	Description	Optional	Default
NumChar	Numeric	Field, Constant	Number of characters to drop; if negative, drop from end of field	No

Right Arguments

Name	Data Type	Input Type	Description	Optional	Default
Field1	Text	Field, Constant		No

Result

Type: Text

Dropped characters from begining or end of field

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