====== BCol1 function ======


 
==== Description ====
 
The BCol1 function is the binary version of Col1(). It will return the numeric value of the character position of the delimiter preceding the extracted data.
 
==== Syntax ====
 
**position = BCol1()**
 
==== See Also ====
 
[[col1|Col1]], [[col2|Col2()]], [[bcol2|BCol2()]]
 
==== Example ====
 
<code>
* Parse a Repository ID

EntID = ANSI_UniCode( "SYSPROG*STPROCEXE**ANSI_UNICODE" )

AppID = EntID [1, "*",1] ; * Will contain "SYSPROG"

precedingPos = BCol1()
 
**
**
 
 
</code>