What Is Scan And Xlate?

1.	What Is Scan And Xlate?
Answer» SCAN operation scans a character STRING (base string) contained in factor 2 for a substring (compare string ) contained in factor 1. XLATE operation translates characters in SOURCE string (factor 2 ) to the from and to strings (factor 1 ) and put into the result FIELD. SCAN operation scans a character string (base string) contained in factor 2 for a substring (compare string ) contained in factor 1. XLATE operation translates characters in source string (factor 2 ) to the from and to strings (factor 1 ) and put into the result field.

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SCAN operation scans a character STRING (base string) contained in factor 2 for a substring (compare string ) contained in factor 1.

XLATE operation translates characters in SOURCE string (factor 2 ) to the from and to strings (factor 1 ) and put into the result FIELD.

SCAN operation scans a character string (base string) contained in factor 2 for a substring (compare string ) contained in factor 1.

XLATE operation translates characters in source string (factor 2 ) to the from and to strings (factor 1 ) and put into the result field.

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