====== OConv Character (MCx) function  ======

 


 
==== Description ====
 
Converts a string into a specified output format.
 
==== Syntax ====
 
//output// = **OConv**(//expression//, "**MC** [U] [L] [T] [N] [A] [AN] [/A]")
 
==== Parameters ====
 
OConv (MCx) accepts arguments for the following parameters.

^Parameter^Description^
|//expression//|A string.|
|MC|Indicates a masked character conversion.\\ \\ Note: The **MC** conversion is a masked comma conversion.  The MCx conversion described here must contain the third character in order to process strings.|
|//U, L, T, N, A, AN, /A//|The U option will return the string in upper case.\\ \\ The L option will return the string in lower case.\\ \\ The T option will return the string in title case.\\ \\ The N option will return the numeric characters within the string.\\ \\ The A option will return the alphabetic characters within the string.\\ \\ The AN option will return the alphabetic and numeric characters within the string.\\ \\ The /A option will return all non-alphabetic characters within the string.|


 
==== Example ====
 

The following table provides examples of the correct use of the OConv MCx function:

<code>
string = 'Frank Sinatra conducts tone poems of color 1956'
</code>

 
^Example code^Output^
|OConv(string, "MCU")|FRANK SINATRA CONDUCTS TONE POEMS OF COLOR 1956|
|OConv(string, "MCL")|frank sinatra conducts tone poems of color 1956|
|OConv(string, "MCT")|Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems Of Color 1956|
|OConv(string, "MCN")|1956|
|OConv(string, "MCA")|FrankSinatraconductstonepoemsofcolor|
|OConv(string, "MC/A")|1956|
|OConv(string, "MCAN")|FrankSinatraconductstonepoemsofcolor1956|