FROM

Synopsis

HELP:   Convert from a string data type to a neutral FL5 element
TYPE:   OBJECT
SYNTAX: FROM(CHRSET(CCSID='str'/DEFAULT/ASCII/EBCDIC/SYSTEM/LOCAL,CASE=UPPER/LOWER/FOLD/SUPPER/SLOWER/USRTAB,COMBINED=NFD/NFC/AUTO/ON/OFF,USRTABLE='str'/NPAS/SEPA/DELA/DLAX,WHITESPACE=PRESERVE/REPLACE/COLLAPSE/REMOVE/TRAILING/LEADING/BOTH/NUMBER,ONEMAP),REGEXP(PATTERN='str',NOCASE,MULTILINE,DOT4ALL,EXTENDED,FMTERR,IGNREC))

Description

This object can be used to convert several representations of a string into a neutral FL5-internal string data type. Such a string can optionally be validated using a regular expression.