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Syntax: XWORD(string[,delims][,nth][,end_var][,start]) Defn: A CI evaluator function that is the counterpart to the WORD() function. XWORD() returns the input string minus the selected "word". The default delims are a space, comma, semicolon, equals sign, left and right parentheses, left and right brackets, single quote, double quote, and tab. The default nth is 1; the default end_var is no variable; the default start is 1. Type: String Example: xword('file a=bb,old;rec=40,,f,ascii') Result: 'a=bb,old;rec=40,,f,ascii' Example: xword('file a=bb,old;rec=40,,f,ascii',,-4,j) Result: 'file a=bb,old;rec,,f,ascii', j=18 Example: xword("Hi, please attend...",,2) Result: 'Hi please attend...' Back to Main Index