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Position can be any positive or negative number. A negative value for position
indicates that the starting position is to be counted from the end of the line,
rather than from the beginning.
Length is an unsigned positive number indicating the number of characters
from position to be processed. An asterisk (*) can be specified for length
indicating that all characters after position are to be used. Position without
length and the period (.) separator defaults length to 1.
If length is larger than the available characters, all available characters are used.
The LEFT conversion order can be used to pad the resulting text if required.
Consider the following message:
PIPES CAN BE FUN!
This... Results in...
1.* PIPES CAN BE FUN!
+7.6 CAN BE
-7.* BE FUN!
9.20 N BE FUN!
8 A
-25.5 a null string is returned
-18.3 PI
number
An unsigned positive number. See the descriptions for the orders using number
to determine the meaning of number.
/string/
A delimited character string. When used as an input order, /string/ defines a
literal to be used as input. See the descriptions for other orders using /string/ to
determine the meaning of /string/.
The plus sign (+), minus sign (−), and asterisk (*) have special meanings in edit
scripts. To avoid confusion, do not use these characters as /string/ delimiters in
edit scripts.
Global Orders
Global orders specify common processing actions for all parts of the subsequent
edit phrase.
CBETEMP (global order)
CBETEMP is used to read in a Common Base Event template. The CBETEMP
order reads in the template as a secondary chain of NetView buffers. The
READCBE and READSRC global orders can be used to switch the primary
input source for the EDIT phrase. This order is primarily intended for use by
the EDIT automation table action in order to build a Common Base Event from
a message or from an MSU.
The following parameter is required:
template_name
The name of the Common Base Event template, corresponding to the
name= attribute on a tag in the template file.
A simple phrase to create a CBE from a message is:
CBETEMP /msgdefault/ COPY *
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