Move characters into a result field starting from the left.The pjs.moveLeft() API allows you to move values from one variable to another, left adjusted, without any type checking. It has the same functionality as pjs.move(), but with the 'left-adjusted' paremeter always true.
The pjs.moveLeft() API moves and left adjusts a values from one field to another, without any type checking.
Parameters
- Sourc - where you are taking data from
- Target name - where you are moving data into
- Date/Time/Timestamp format (optional)
- Pad (optional) - if passed in as true, the Target field is first cleared.
Examples
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pjs.define("Name", { type: 'char', length: 3, initValue: 'MR.' });
pjs.define("First", { type: 'char', length: 6, initValue: ' SMITH' });
pjs.define("Result", { type: 'char', length: 9 });
pjs.moveLeft(Name + First, Result); |
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pjs.define("source1", { type: 'char', length: 5, initValue: 'ABCDE' });
pjs.define("target1", { type: 'char', length: 10, initValue: 'abcdefghij' });
pjs.moveLeft(source1, target1);
// target1 = 'ABCDEfghij' |
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pjs.define("source1", { type: 'decimal', length: 5, decimals: 0, initValue: 12345 });
pjs.define("target1", { type: 'char', length: 10, initValue: 'abcdefghij' });
pjs.moveLeft(source1, target1);
// target1 = '12345fghij' |
RPG Equivalent
MOVEL