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“ ” Character-String Literal

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Specifies a literal character-string value.

SYNTAX

characters" [ : [ R | L | C | T ] [ U ] [ max-length ] ] 

characters

The literal contents of the character string.

R | L | C | T

Specifies the justification of the string within its maximum length: right, left, centered, or trimmed, respectively. The default justification depends on how the string is used. If the string is displayed with side labels, the default is right justification. If column labels are used, the defaults are left justification for character fields and right justification for numeric fields. Strings used in expressions are trimmed by default.

U

Specifies that the string is untranslatable. This means that the string will not be processed by the Progress Translation Manager. If you do not specify U, then the string is assumed to be translatable.

max-length

The number of characters reserved for the string contents in the text segment. The default is the length of the string itself. You might want to specify a longer length if you expect a translation of the string to be longer. The longest length you can specify is 5120 characters.

NOTE

If you include the colon (:) after the quoted string, you must supply at least one option. Otherwise, Progress treats the colon as a statement separator.


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