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Get the four to characters of string

9/24/2012 7:34 PM	Rate (0)
Urantia Experienced Member Joined: 10/23/2009 Last visit: 7/29/2025 Posts: 118 Rating: (0)	Hi, Urgent help, anybody knows how i can get the four first characters of a string, the idea is compare this characters for a data base. sometimes the string is small than the others, like the example. the string is declared: string[52] 0001-2556MX/2 0002-12457l Thanks in advance!

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9/24/2012 9:33 PM	Rate (0)
dchartier Grandmaster-Expert Joined: 9/27/2006 Last visit: 9/16/2025 Posts: 12409 Rating: (2717)	Hello Urantia; The step 7 IEC functions library has a host of string operations that can be useful in your application. Which functions and IEC standard functions exist in STEP 7 for converting and comparing string variables? Start with FC20: LEFT, and then check the compare instructions. Hope this helps, Daniel Chartier

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9/26/2012 8:00 PM	Rate (0)
Urantia Experienced Member Joined: 10/23/2009 Last visit: 7/29/2025 Posts: 118 Rating: (0)	Thanks a lot dchartier. Works good!

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