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%Library.Char

Class %Library.Char Extends %String [ System = 4 ]

The %Char data type class represents a fixed length character field.

The logical value of the %character field data type is a character field.

Methods​

LogicalToOdbc​

ClassMethod LogicalToOdbc(%val As %Char) As %String [ CodeMode = generator, ServerOnly = 1 ]

Converts %val, which represents a CHAR in logical format (no blank space padding), into format (blank padded on the right).

Returns the ODBC string for the logical value %val.

LogicalToDisplay​

ClassMethod LogicalToDisplay(%val As %Char) As %String [ CodeMode = generator, ServerOnly = 0 ]

Converts the value of %val, which is in logical format, into a display string. Removes all the null characters from the string.

Returns the string value of %val.