Re: Converting to upper case

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lynette,

Yes, XLATE allows you to specify a start position. Using Darlene's example
with a couple of modifications:

    D UP              C
CONST('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ')
    D LO              C
CONST('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')

     *    Convert to all uppercase
    C        LO:UP      XLATE(P)  DESCP         DESCP

     *    Convert to all lowercase except 1st position
    C        UP:LO      XLATE(P)  DESCP:2       DESCP

HTH,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynette Chronister" <lchronis@MasonicHomesPA.org>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: Converting to upper case


> Kevin
>
> the reason i use arrays instead of XLATE is if i want to convert from
upper case back down to lower case except for the first position.  All i do
is z-add my element (X) to 2, and it leaves the first position
capitalized...
>
> My question to everyone else is if there is a way to do this with XLATE?
>
> Lynette Chronister
> Programmer/Analyst
> Masonic Homes
> Elizabethtown, PA
>
> 'if everything's coming your way, you are in the wrong lane'
> -------------------------------
> I am looking for an easy way to convert an alpha field to all upper case
> characters.  anyone have any suggestions?
> Kevin Blankenship
>
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