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$$STRIP^XLFSTR(): Strip a String

Reference Type: Supported, Category: String Functions, Integration Agreement: 10104

Description

This extrinsic function returns a string stripped of all instances of a specified character.

Format

  $$STRIP^XLFSTR(x,y)

Input Parameters

x:

(required) Character string.
y:

(required) The character to strip out of the string.

Output

returns:

Returns the string stripped of specified character.

Example 1

>S X=$$STRIP^XLFSTR("hello","e")

>W X
hllo

Example 2

>S X=$$STRIP^XLFSTR("Mississippi","i")

>W X
Msssspp

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