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Appendix C Formula Functions Reference 463
Character Functions
The Item function returns a missing value because it treats the comma and blank separately and finds
nothing between them. The Word function treats the comma and blank as a single delimiter and finds
Veronica as the second word.
If you do not specify a delimiter, white space (blank space) is used as the delimiter. If you define the
delimiter as an empty string, each character is treated as a separate item.
Char to Hex, Hex, Hex to Char, Hex to Number
Converts between Hex and other formats.
Hex returns the hex representation of its argument. If the argument is character (in quotes), then the
result is a character string twice as long containing the hexadecimal codes for the character values. For
example, Hex("A") returns the string 41.
If the argument is numeric and “integer” is specified, the Hex function returns an 8-hex-character
representation of the integer returned. For example, Hex(12, “integer”) returns the string 0000000C
(Macintosh) or 0C000000 (Windows and Linux).
Hex to Char converts hexadecimals to characters. The resulting character string might not be valid
display characters. All the characters must be in pairs, in the ranges 0-9,A-Z, and a-z. Blanks and
commas are allowed and skipped.
Char to Hex converts characters to hexadecimals.
Hex to Number converts hexadecimals to numbers.
For details, see “Internal functions (calculator functions)” in the “Syntax Reference” chapter of the JMP
Scripting Guide.
Repeat
Creates a string that is the first argument repeated the number of times specified by the second
argument. The first argument can be either a character literal, a character variable, or a character
expression. For example, Repeat(“Katie”, 3) creates KatieKatieKatie.
A third argument applies when Repeat is used in a JSL script to repeat a matrix. When the first
argument is a matrix, the second argument is the rowwise repeat and the third argument is the
columnwise repeat.
Insert, Insert Into
Insert inserts a new item into the list or expression at the given position. If position is not given, it is
inserted at the end.
Insert Into is the same as insert, but it inserts in place.
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Remove, Remove From
Remove the character(s) at the indicated position. If n is omitted, the item at position is deleted. If
position and n are omitted, the item at the end is removed. There are three possible arguments: the
string, followed by the position, followed by the number of characters to be removed.
Remove From returns items removed in place. The function returns the removed item(s), but you
don’t have to assign them to anything. The first argument is a variable name, followed by the position,
followed by the number of characters to be removed.