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RAW Function
(ORACLE only)
Extracts bytes from a field.
SYNTAX
field
Any field from which you want to extract bytes.
position
An integer expression that indicates the position of the first byte you want to extract from field. The default value of position is 1.
length
An integer expression that indicates the number of bytes you want to extract from field. If you do not use the length argument, RAW uses field from position to end.
EXAMPLEThis procedure extracts bytes from the name field of the first customer, starting at byte 8, and writes 4 bytes to the variable r1.
NOTES
SEE ALSO
GET-BYTE Function, LENGTH Statement (ORACLE only), PUT-BYTE Statement, RAW Statement (ORACLE only)
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