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IS-LEAD-BYTE Function
Returns YES if the first character of the string is the lead-byte of a multi-byte character. Returns NO if it is not.
SYNTAX
string
A character expression (a constant, field name, variable name, or any combination of these) whose value is a character.
EXAMPLEIn this example, IS-LEAD-BYTE returns YES because the first byte of the first character is the lead-byte of a double-byte character. The output is “Lead: yes”.
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