Rules and considerations for CATR and CATL operations

Last Updated : Sep 08, 2012 |

The following rules and considerations apply to CATR and CATL string operations. The SEL operation has different rules and considerations.

Results

Operand1

Operand2

Field length

6

6

16

Entries allowed

[A-Z, AA-ZZ]

digits

[A-Z, AA-ZZ] V1-V9

digits

none

[A-Z, AA-ZZ]

V1-V9

digits

none

numeric values 0-9999999999999999

Variable or digits buffer contents

  • none, 0-9999999999999999

  • Leading zeros allowed (007 = 007)

  • none, #, 0-9999999999999999

  • Leading zeros allowed (007 = 007)

Variable or digits buffer evaluation

  • none is a null string

  • 0-9999999999999999 are a string of digits

  • Leading zeros allowed (007 = 007)

  • No invalid results.

  • none = 0 (null string)

  • # = none

  • Leading zeros allowed (007 = 007)