Intrinsic Function |
Definition |
No. of Args. |
Specific Names |
Argument Type |
Function Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conversion See Note (5). |
Conversion to character Conversion to integer See also: |
1 1 |
CHAR ACHAR ¤ ICHAR IACHAR ¤ |
INTEGER CHARACTER |
CHARACTER INTEGER |
Index of a substring |
Location of substring a2 in string a1 See Note (10). |
2 |
INDEX |
CHARACTER |
INTEGER |
Length |
Length of character entity See Note (11). |
1 |
LEN |
CHARACTER |
INTEGER |
Lexically greater than or equal |
a1 ≥ a2 See Note (12). |
2 |
LGE |
CHARACTER |
LOGICAL |
Lexically greater than |
a1 > a2 See Note (12). |
2 |
LGT |
CHARACTER |
LOGICAL |
Lexically less than or equal |
a1≤ a2 See Note (12). |
2 |
LLE |
CHARACTER |
LOGICAL |
Lexically less than |
a1 < a2 See Note (12). |
2 |
LLT |
CHARACTER |
LOGICAL |
On an ASCII platform (including Sun systems):
ACHAR is a nonstandard synonym for CHAR
IACHAR is a nonstandard synonym for ICHAR
On a non-ASCII platform, ACHAR and IACHAR were intended to provide a way to deal directly with ASCII.