Globals Cards

Split Global

Purpose: Inserts a portion of a TEXT type global variable into another TEXT type variable.

Functionality:Select a Global Variable from the top drop-down list.Enter the position of the first character you want to copy, into the “Starting Position” field. (1 is the first character) Enter the number of characters you want to copy into the Length field. (must be 1 or greater)Select either ASSIGN or COPY from the drop-down list.
ASSIGN : the copied text will replace any text already in the target variable.
ADD : The copied text will be added to the end of any text already in the target variable.

If the source variable does not have enough characters to copy, the target variable will be padded with spaces to get to the expected length.