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/free
 %subst(field2:13:18)=%subst('abcdefghijklmnopqrst':3:8);
/end-free


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"Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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08/18/2003 11:51 AM
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        Subject:        replacing characters using %subst


 
 
 Another simple question for which I don't know the answer.

Lets say I want to substring characters 3 through 8 from the string
abcdefghijklmnopqrst and put those characters in position  13 through 18 
of
a field named FIELD2 which is large enough.

C     eval    FIELD2 = ???  what goes here?



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